3D Asteroid Viewer – Tempe

INSTITUTION

Arizona State University (Tempe Campus)

CLASS

Cobalt Class (2019 – 2020)

STUDENT TEAM

Robert Chapell, Computer Science (Cybersecurity)
Seve Esposito, Computer Science
Nathaniel Ferre, Computer Science
Armir Lako, Computer Science
Raul Meraz Jr., Industrial Engineering
Arun Mohan, Computer Science (Cybersecurity)
Stefan Popovic, Computer Science
Victor Rosales, Human Systems Engineering

SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL GUIDANCE

Dr. Daniel Wenkert, Senior System Engineer, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

ACADEMIC GUIDANCE

Dr. Nancy Cooke, Professor, School of Human Systems Engineering, ASU
Dr. Joe Juarez, Lecturer, School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering, ASU
Dr. Ming Zhao, Associate Professor, School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering, ASU
Dr. Helen Chavez, Lecturer, School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering, ASU

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

In preparation for arrival at the Psyche asteroid, teams are working to create a light, web browser-based application with the ability to rotate and zoom on an arbitrary-shaped body in a normal web browser and to indicate all the places on the model where space-based data have been collected. Although we do not yet have data for Psyche, there is ample data, including shape models, for other main belt asteroids, which are being used in developing the viewer.

This work was created in partial fulfillment of Arizona State Univeristy Capstone Courses “CSE 485-486”. The work is a result of the Psyche Student Collaborations component of NASA’s Psyche Mission (https://psyche.asu.edu). “Psyche: A Journey to a Metal World” [Contract number NNM16AA09C] is part of the NASA Discovery Program mission to solar system targets. Trade names and trademarks of ASU and NASA are used in this work for identification only. Their usage does not constitute an official endorsement, either expressed or implied, by Arizona State University or National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of ASU or NASA.