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Video Showing Half a Million Asteroid Discoveries

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the final-frontier dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Since 1980 over a half million asteroids have been discovered, mostly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, now thanks to this video you can see this activity condensed into a few minutes. At full resolution it's a mesmerizing experience as new discoveries are added and the video makes it possible to see patterns in the discovery positions, for example a large number appear in line between Earth and Jupiter as astronomers started looking for smaller jovian moons after Voyagers visit to the system."

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  1. I see you! by alphatel · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I removed the One ring, why does Sauron still taunt me?

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    1. Re:I see you! by alphatel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      At the end of the video this swirling image looks like the seething eye of Sauron. Definitely not offtopic!

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      When the foot seeks the place of the head, the line is crossed. Know your place. Keep your place. Be a shoe.
  2. Re:Cheers, astronomers! by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I can't get the video to play. It works on Ilsa's computer.

    Come on, IE! You played it for her, you can play it for me!