Painted stone: asteroids in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

in #science • 8 years ago

Experience the eerie serenity of 100,000 asteroids in orbit

Painted stone: asteroids in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

https://aeon.co/videos/experience-the-eerie-serenity-of-100-000-asteroids-in-orbit

Located at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has collected imaging data for more than 3 million astronomical objects since it began operating in 2000. Created by the US planetary astronomer Alex H Parker using data from the SDSS, this intricate, awe-inspiring visualisation reveals the colours, relative sizes and orbital paths of more than 100,000 asteroids located in our solar system.

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