Phobos and Deimos
Okay, okay already. Here are the foldable maps of Phobos and Deimos, right here, so you don’t have to run all the way over to unmannedspaceflight or the Planetary Society to get ’em.
Cut'n'Fold Deimos
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Cut'n'Fold Phobos
world maps with constant-scale natural boundaries
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May 14, 2009 at 4:51 pm
awesome!
April 28, 2010 at 3:09 am
Nicely done – they fold up well (letter sized paper print for Phobos and same-scaled print of Deimos). Some empirical keys to construction:
Pre-form as much as possible; I rolled a 1″ wooden ball around the back side to start the curvature; I used a tweezer to pinch the joining edges down as well.
Note the craters, they must be reflexed inward to make the seams line up.
I added small (3/16″) triangular tabs along the edges; alternate the tabbed edges, switching sides at the registration marks to make the seams “lock” into alignment.
October 14, 2015 at 8:53 pm
These are great. They hang nicely above my desk at work.