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Asteroid Discovery - 1970-2015 - 8K resolution
Scott Manley
Scott Manley's short animation shows every asteroid discovery from 1970 to 2015 plotted over time in 8K. It makes visible how survey technology made discoveries accelerate and where telescopes looked.
HN uses it as a quick visual reference for how asteroid detection capability grew and how discovery patterns are biased by survey geometry.
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