Painted stone: asteroids in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

in science •  9 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.

science
9 years ago by

Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:

  • Disagreement on rewards
  • Fraud or plagiarism
  • Hate speech or trolling
  • Miscategorized content or spam

Submit
$0.00
    0
    Authors get paid when people like you upvote their post.
    If you enjoyed what you read here, create your account today and start earning FREE STEEM!