9969 Braille approximate shape scaled one in forty thousand

This model was made using Microsoft 3D Builder to place three sphere in the place and size calculated by Oberts (2001), from two images returned by the Deep Space 1 probe in the relatively failed flyby of the Braille asteroid in its way to the Comet Borrelly. This paper describes how an algorithm looks for the best fit of different sizes and position of three spheres, that resemble the bright and shadows from the low resolution images of the asteroid. Then, the model the model was used to simulate and replicate the lightcurve of the asteroid. I just used this results to make the model, elongating a little the spheres, merging, and finally softening the entire model to make it look more like a normal asteroid.
The file's names explained: name_1_x_10_y.stl is 1 : x * 10^y. So _1_6_10_7 is 1:600000000 or one in 60 million.

9969 Braille

The planned Deep Space 1 encounter with Braille would be the closest non-orbiting and non-impacting flyby ever made to an asteroid or comet, at a distance of 240 m, and it was the tinniest asteroid visited at the time. However the navigation system failed in detect the asteroid, and the flyby occurred 26 km away from it; even worse, the two single pictures were taken an hour after the closest approach, at a distance of 14000 km, resulting in a few pixels wide photos. In these photos, three reflected surfaces were visible, suggesting a tri-lobed shape, although it can be a contact binary with a very irregularly shaped component. Braille is a Mars crosser, but its perihelion is to far to be a Near Earth Asteroids. However, it will eventually evolve into an Earth crosser in a few thousand or million years if the interaction with planets (mainly with Jupiter) makes its orbit more eccentric. If it does, it will became a threat to our planet.

• Type: Asteroid.
• Orbit: Sun. Main Asteroid Belt.
• Orbital period: 3.58 yr.
• Rotational period: 226 h 20 min.
• Composition: Silicate rock. Q or V type. Contact trinary ?.
• Density: 3.9 g/cm³
• Dimensions: 2.1 km × 1 km × 1 km
• Model scale: 1:2x10⁴ (10cm) 1:4x10⁴ (5cm)

References

• A Model for Rotation and Shape of Asteroid 9969 Braille fromGround-Based Observations and Images Obtainedduring the Deep Space 1 (DS1) Flyby. Oberts. 2001.

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Object	Scale [1:x] K = 103 (thousand) M = 106 (million) G = 109 (billion)	Image
Inner Solar System
Mercury	20M, 60M, 120M
Venus	60M, 120M, 250M
Earth	60M, 120M, 250M
Luna	10M, 20M, 60M
Mars	20M, 60M, 120M
Phobos and Deimos	200K, 500K
Man-made
Salyut 7	40, 48, 80, 160
Near Earth Asteroids
Moshup and Squannit	8K, 20K, 40K
Ra-Shalom	20K, 40K
Castalia	8K, 20K, 40K
Bacchus	8K, 20K
Bennu	3K, 8K
Ryugu	3K, 8K, 20K
Geographos	40K, 80K
Phaethon	40K, 80K
Itokawa	3K, 8K
Eros	80K, 200K, 500K
Nereus	3K, 8K
Didymos and Dimorphos	8K, 20K
Mithra	20K, 40K
Golevka	8K
Toutatis	40K, 80K
Main Asteroid Belt
Gaspra	200K
Annefrank	40K, 80K
Braille	20K, 40K
Vesta	2M, 4M, 10M
Šteins	40K, 80K, 200K
Iris	2M, 4M
Hebe	1M, 2M, 4M
Lutetia	500K, 1M, 2M
Julia	1M, 2M, 4M
Mathilde	500K, 1M
Juno	2M, 4M
Ceres	4M, 10M
Pallas	4M, 10M
Kleopatra	2M, 4M
Ida	500K, 1M
Psyche	2M, 4M
Interamnia	2M, 4M
Hygiea	2M, 4M, 10M
Antiope	1M, 2M
Jovian System
Jupiter	500M, 1G
Amalthea	2M, 4M
Thebe	1M, 2M
Io	20M, 60M
Europa	20M, 60M
Ganymede	60M, 120M
Callisto	60M, 120M
Saturn System
Saturn	500M, 1G
Pan, Daphnis and Atlas	80K, 200K, 500K, 1M
Prometheus and Pandora	1M, 2M
Janus and Epimetheus	2M, 4M
Mimas	2M, 4M, 10M
Methone, Anthe and Pallene	40K, 80K
Enceladus	4M, 10M
Tethys	4M, 10M, 20M
Telesto and Calypso	200K, 500K
Dione	4M, 10M, 20M
Helene	500K, 1M
Rhea	10M, 20M
Titan	60M, 120M
Hyperion	2M, 4M
Iapetus	10M, 20M
Phoebe	1M, 2M, 4M
Uranian System
Uranus	250M, 500M, 1G
Puck	1M, 2M, 4M
Miranda	4M, 10M
Ariel	10M, 20M
Umbriel	10M, 20M
Titania	10M, 20M
Oberon	10M, 20M
Neptunian System
Neptune	250M, 500M, 1G
Larissa	2M, 4M
Proteus	2M, 4M, 10M
Triton	20M
Comets
Tempel 1	40K, 80K, 200K
Wild 2	40K, 80K
Churyumov-Gerasimenko	20K, 40K, 80K
Hartley 2	20K, 40K, 80K
Borrelly	40K, 80K, 200K
Halley	80K, 200K
Centaurs and TNOs
Hidalgo	500K, 1M
Chariklo	2M, 4M
Pluto and Charon	10M, 20M
Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra	500K, 1M
Haumea, Namaka and Hiʻiaka	10M, 20M
Arrokoth	200K, 500K, 1M
Largest TNOs and their moons	10M, 20M
Extrasolar
Exoplanets	120M, 250M, 500M
Nearest white dwarfs	120M, 250M
HD 189733 b	1G
Pulsars	200K, 500K
Cygnus X-1 accretion disk	10M, 20M
M87* photon ring	1.5*1014
Sky maps
Heliosphere	7.5*1013, 1.5*1014
Constellations	-
CMBR	2*1028
Ancient
Earth (540 Mya to 20 Mya)	60M, 120M, 250M
Luna (4 Gya)	20M, 60M
Speculative
Planet Nine	250M, 500M
Cube planet	60M, 120M, 250M
Science Fiction
Ghroth	4M, 10M
Arda	60M, 120M
B612	10, 20, 32, 40
Mesklin	500M, 1G
Arrakis	60M, 120M
Borg cube	8K, 20K, 40K
Pern	60M, 120M
Europa Monolith	200K, 500K
Leonora Christine	500, 600, 1K, 3K
Rama	80K, 200K, 500K
Death Star	500K, 1M, 2M
Starkiller Base	2M, 4M, 10M
Eternia	60M, 120M
Visitors mothership	20K, 40K
Wheel of Time Earth	60M, 120M, 250M
Nirn, Secunda and Masser	20M, 60M, 120M
ID4 mothership	2M, 4M, 10M
Heptapod spaceship	1K, 3K, 8K
Gaijin flowership	3K
Red Moon	60M, 120M
Halo Array	4M, 10M, 20M, 60M
Gem Homeworld	120M, 250M, 500M
Citadel of Ricks	200K
The Skeld	40, 80, 160, 350, 500
Misc
Mars (1962 reconstruction)	60M, 120M
Flat Earth	250M
Expanding Earth	60M, 120M
Spaceship of Ezekiel	80, 160