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Not entirely, but in part! You can see the effect in this animation of asteroid discoveries over time, where the discoveries are concentrated in bursts facing d
by azernik 2y ago
Not entirely, but in part! You can see the effect in this animation of asteroid discoveries over time, where the discoveries are concentrated in bursts facing directly away from Earth, or directly parallel to its orbit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=BKKg4lZ_o-Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=BKKg4lZ_o-Y
- pavel_lishin 2y agoWow, what happened around 1999?
- azernik 2y agoLINEAR went into operation 1998, and got a second telescope in 1999. Big joint project between NASA, USAF, and MIT. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Near-Earth_Asteroid_Research https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Near-Earth_Asteroid_Re...
- sockaddr 2y agoThat's very interesting. Thanks for posting that.