Hi, I built this and want to share some background: Each data point corresponds directly to a real meteor entry into the Earth's atmosphere recorded by NASA CA

Hi, I built this and want to share some background: Each data point corresponds directly to a real meteor entry into the Earth's atmosphere recorded by NASA CAMS (http://cams.seti.org http://cams.seti.org). Using this network of cameras, we can capture enough information about a meteor to compute its orbit around the sun. That means each particle has unique orbital parameters that accurately reflect a former meteorite in space. In order to visualize the cloud, the epoch of these orbits is randomized. In other words, each particle begins at a random location in its orbit. This is done so the visualization can be continuous rather than only showing a clump of meteors from ~2012-2018. Open source here: https://github.com/typpo/showers https://github.com/typpo/showers