Scientists at Cornell University used FarField Technology's FastRBF™ CommandLine Toolbox to reconstruct a 3D model of the asteroid Eros as part of NASA's NEAR program. Visit http://near.jhuapl.edu/iod/20000728/index.html for further information.

• The point cloud data came from range data associated with surface features observed by NASA's NEAR satellite 
• Varying accuracies were associated with the raw data points
• Data sampling density varies widely
• The analytic model interpolated the surface across sparse and dense data regions
• An analytic model allowed evaluation of the surface on an arbitrary grid