I am sponsoring a $1 prize to be awarded to the first person to upload an original 3D scan of a 1m x 1m area of an asteroid to the Thingiverse and tag it as a derivative of this post. It needs to be scanned directly from the original, from an altitude of no more than 10 meters. Any surface from any asteroid will do; near-Earth asteroids are okay.

Location: Space

Specifications:
Scan Area: 1m x 1m
Resolution: High; 1mm x 1mm features should be visible
Format: .obj or .stl
Scan must be taken from an actual asteroid in solar orbit
Upload must be tagged as a derivative of this post

Possible Resources:
http://twitter.com/PlanetaryRsrcs
http://twitter.com/JimCameron
http://twitter.com/PeterDiamandis
http://twitter.com/EricSchmidt

Purpose: I need this scan, along with a few others, for a project I'm working on.

Winner will be chosen by my sole determination.

Other scan prizes:

• $1 Prize for 3D scan of an asteroid's surface
• $1 Prize for 3D scan of Challenger Deep, Marianas Trench
• $1 Prize for 3D scan of Richard Branson's beard
• $1 Prize for 3D scan of Peter Diamandis

"The masterworks of three-dimensional art are joining the digital commons. For art lovers, this technological moment represents a tremendous opportunity…"

"… [A] public-spirited race for private status, with billionaire filmmakers and tech tycoons competing to outdo one another with the quality, cleverness and exoticism of the scans they sponsor…"

"The real prestige would come … from releasing the scan to the public domain, with the sponsor’s name attached. It’s a way of becoming the Medici or Carnegie of the digital era."

– Bloomberg View, http://bloom.bg/LIvH9C

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