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216 Kleopatra asteroid model

A model for asteroid 216 Kleopatra, based on the paper 'A revised shape model of asteroid (216) Kleopatra' by Shepard et al., 2018.

The shape is based on radar observations from Arecibo Observatory and star occultations between 1999 and 2017.
It's a highly elongated asteroid, possibly a contact binary, with two small moons discovered in 2008, recently named Alexhelios and Cleoselene.

Original source for revised radar shape: https://3d-asteroids.space/asteroids/216-Kleopatra

The texture applied it's an artistic representation, not necessarily depicting the real object.