Europa Monolith scaled one in 500 thousand

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<p>Originally published here: <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3904707">Europa Monolith scaled one in 500 thousand by tato_713 - Thingiverse</a></p><p>This is a scaled model of one of the monolith of the Space Odyssey series, written by Arthur C. Clarke, which lays on the surface of the <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3928031">Jupiter</a>'s moon <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3419443">Europa</a>. The saga is best known after the novel <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i>, and the homonym film. This monolith does not appear in any film, but it's mentioned in <i>2010: Odyssey Two</i>, <i>2061: Odyssey Three</i> and <i>3001: The Final Odyssey</i>. The exact size is never said, but it is likely to be about 20 km in its largest side, comparable with the <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3866873">Halley's Comet</a> nucleus. This is far smaller than one's shown in artworks, comparable with the curvature of the jovian moon; however, it dwarfs all other monoliths of the saga. The model is just a cube with the sides proportion lengths of that of the other monoliths, 1:4:9, which is 12 22 32. Clarke's works are often consider to be hard science fiction, because he took care of same scientifically accuracy, but they also touch metaphysical themes.</p><p>The file's names explained:<i>name_1_x_10_y.stl</i> is 1 : x* 10y. So _1_6_10_7 is 1:600000000 or one in 60 million.&nbsp;</p><h3><strong>Other astronomical objects</strong></h3><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49826">Inner Solar System</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49832">Artificial</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49820">Near Earth Asteroids</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49291">Main Belt Asteroids</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49829">Jovian System</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49828">Saturn System</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49830">Uranian System</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49345">Neptunian System</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49827">Centaurs</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49833">Comets</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49341">Trans Neptunian Objects</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49824">Extrasolar Objects</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49837">Sky Maps</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49831">Ancient</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49822">Speculative</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prusaprinters.org/social/120859-tato_713/collections/49821">Science Fiction</a></p>