POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : asteroid : Re: asteroid Server Time
12 Aug 2024 01:29:54 EDT (-0400)
  Re: asteroid  
From: Christopher James Huff
Date: 28 Nov 2003 22:46:03
Message: <cjameshuff-7522D2.22460728112003@netplex.aussie.org>
In article <3fc7c3e7@news.povray.org>,
 "Apache" <apa### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

> Derived from the moon i did some time ago. No radiosity involved here, but a
> huge 8x8 circular reorient area light instead.

Hmm...either too lumpy and jagged, or too spherical, IMO. If it is big 
enough to have pulled itself into a spherical shape under its own 
gravity, it will have a much smoother surface. If it is too small to do 
so, it is very unlikely to have formed such a nearly perfect spherical 
overall shape...though not impossible. In any case, a neat object, but 
it seems to have some "floaters" and a hard, volcanic-looking surface 
rather than a beaten up agglomeration of debris. The asteriod pictures 
I've seen show a fairly smooth, pock-marked surface, but this looks 
sharp and solid. I think it could be used for a very good volcanic rock, 
though...

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Christopher James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet>
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