Mapping the hidden swarm of 600,000 asteroids in our inner solar system
In short: This visualization tracks the discovery locations of hundreds of thousands of asteroids. It provides a visual history of how our understanding of the inner solar system's crowded population has expanded over several decades.
The video presents a spatial map of 600,000 asteroids discovered between 1980 and 2014. It illustrates the sheer density of objects orbiting within our inner solar system.
The data highlights how much our astronomical surveillance has grown, noting that even recent objects like 2014 HQ124 can still catch astronomers by surprise.
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