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[bellinghman]

It's crowded out there!

Behind the link is a current map of all known solar-orbiting natural objects in the vicinity of the sun. Or, if you like, it's a map of every asteroid in the inner solar system (i.e. to out beyond Mars's orbit, but not a huge amount more), and three planets and the sun. The sheer density is quite astounding.

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[furrfu.livejournal.com]

Of course, it's highly misleading, because the scale of the squares representing the asteroids etc isn't really the same as the scale of the solar system, in that picture. Because then it'd be a black space with tiny tiny specs in it.

There are lots of asteroids out there, including many undiscovered ones (and automated telescopes with digital cameras are spoiling the fun of amateur astronomers and discovering lots all the time) but on the whole it's still pretty empty. (-:

[burkesworks.livejournal.com]

"Gordon Moore"? All those nice classical names for asteroids and they name it after a cosmetic toothpaste...