Asteroid Discovery From 1980 - 2010
Video Created by Scott Manley, this is a view of the solar system showing the locations of all the asteroids starting in 1980, as asteroids are discovered they are added to the map and highlighted white so you can pick out the new ones.
The final colour of an asteroids indicates how closely it comes to the inner solar system.
Earth Crossers are Red
Earth Approachers (Perihelion less than 1.3AU) are Yellow
All Others are Green
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2. LightAng3l commented 10 years ago
Jump to 2:50 and watch it in fullscreen, focus on the yellow dot in the middle and after the video ends, for a brief moment, it will appear that the whole thing is spinning backwards.
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3. jackDjohnson commented 10 years ago
You are beginning to feel sleepy... your eyes are starting to feel heavy,..lol.. and just like in real life, 30 years just blew by and all i got out of it was this damn dizzy feeling !!
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4. schlafanzyk commented 10 years ago
#2 I was just about to ask if anyone else noticed the optical illusion that leaves us with a neat "surprise" ending.
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6. cameramaster commented 10 years ago
I never realised just how MANY Earth crossers there were...that's damn scary !
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9. Judge-Jake commented 10 years ago
#8 I'd be guessing we got a better telescope?
+7 1. mabe commented 10 years ago