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Viking Lander
3D model of the Viking Lander
Details
The Viking Lander 3D Model is a model of the Viking lander, which was a part of the Viking program that sent an orbiter and lander to Mars to photograph and study the surface of the planet.
Additional content elements include:
| “Description" | description |
| “LongDescription" | long description |
| “Name" | English name |
| “StandardName" | standard English name |
| "MeshRegion" | mesh region representation |
| "Region" | region representation |
| "PolygonCount" | number of polygons |
| "VertexCount" | number of vertices |
| "ConnectedComponents" | number of connected components |
| "BoundingBox" | bounding box |
| "Summary" | summary information |
Examples
Basic Examples (2)
Retrieve the model:
| In[1]:= | ![ResourceData[\!\(\*
TagBox["\"\<Viking Lander\>\"",
#& ,
BoxID -> "ResourceTag-Viking Lander-Input",
AutoDelete->True]\)]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/149/14988040-67c1-4272-adad-28dca4f2c82f/5ab582689615c69e.png){kind=small} |
| Out[1]= |  |
Summary properties:
| In[2]:= | ![ResourceData[\!\(\*
TagBox["\"\<Viking Lander\>\"",
#& ,
BoxID -> "ResourceTag-Viking Lander-Input",
AutoDelete->True]\), "Summary"]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/149/14988040-67c1-4272-adad-28dca4f2c82f/609ec4788cd4df45.png){kind=small} |
| Out[2]= |  |
Scope & Additional Elements (3)
Find the minimum volume ball that encapsulates the mesh:
| In[3]:= | ![bound = BoundingRegion[ResourceData[\!\(\*
TagBox["\"\<Viking Lander\>\"",
#& ,
BoxID -> "ResourceTag-Viking Lander-Input",
AutoDelete->True]\)], "MinBall"]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/149/14988040-67c1-4272-adad-28dca4f2c82f/2780821b5246a902.png){kind=small} |
| Out[3]= |  |
| In[4]:= | ![Show[{ResourceData[\!\(\*
TagBox["\"\<Viking Lander\>\"",
#& ,
BoxID -> "ResourceTag-Viking Lander-Input",
AutoDelete->True]\)], Graphics3D[{Opacity[0.5], bound}]}]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/149/14988040-67c1-4272-adad-28dca4f2c82f/1b1b2b4feb748fe6.png){kind=small} |
| Out[4]= |  |
View the model with roll, pitch, and yaw rotations:
| In[5]:= | ![Multicolumn[Table[TransformedRegion[ResourceData[\!\(\*
TagBox["\"\<Viking Lander\>\"",
#& ,
BoxID -> "ResourceTag-Viking Lander-Input",
AutoDelete->True]\)], AffineTransform@RollPitchYawMatrix[{r, 0, 0}, {1, 2, 3}]], {r, 0, 2 Pi, 2 Pi/8}], 3]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/149/14988040-67c1-4272-adad-28dca4f2c82f/62c95d47b1a33602.png) |
| Out[5]= |  |
Bibliographic Citation
Wolfram Research, "Viking Lander" from the Wolfram Data Repository (2022)