30 Year Asteroid Discovery in Timelapse
“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.”
A brilliant timelapse piece mapping the discovery of the asteroids known to man. As time goes by, as technology improves and as astrological focus shifts – one can visualize the concentration of different discoveries. A truly memorizing experience.
[...] and discovery patterns, the likelihood is becoming ever more realistic. Just one look at the 30-year asteroid discovery timelapse video will give you an indication of the rapidity of extraterrestrial [...]