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Computer model of asteroid Geographos (credit: Scott Hudson)

Scott's work on this asteroid was funded by NASA. As such I believe this to be a work of a federal employee, and as such in the public domain.


Public domain This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy).

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  • All materials created by the SOHO probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [2]
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If it can be established that Scott was acting as a private individual in creating this image I believe it can be used under fair use provisions in US law. This image is being used on wikipedia educationally, the nature of the image is that copyright can only exist in the layout and colouring, as the asteroid itself cannot be covered by copyright. There is little detraction from the value of the image in our use on wikipedia.

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