Asteroid Discovery from 1980 - 2011 (4K HD version)

New version with data up to the end of May 2011. Rendered at more HD than HD resolution - 2048 lines - if you have gear that can play this in original format then I'm jealous. (and I have a 4096x4096 resolution version if you happen to have a planetarium and a hundred thousand dollars in projection gear)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• astronomy
• asteroids
• earth
• space

[Nomoreidsleft]

After waiting all the way to 2011, you only get to see all the asteroids for a fraction of a second? You really should keep the full set of asteroids spinning for at least a few more seconds.

[szyzyg]

@Nomoreidsleft They stay on screen - perhaps your brightness is too low?

[bhabooshka]

I watched this full screen and the text in the end seemed spinning.

[lovebarokv]

after view it with trifonic its not the same anymore

[thatsMrtroll2you]

asteroid.exe is not responding

[TheNoudio]

Really nice! I'm really wondering about those 'late 2010 discoveries' that go in 2 side-way rays from the earth (-sun direction)... also has concentrations at multiple 'depths'.... What project is that? What is the reason for its appearance... (some radar technology? or?)

[aserna32]

I have gear that can play this in original format!! All I can say is now. . .I want this software! :O Is this from a Simulator or a software tool? !WOW!

[westernenglishgirl]

@thenonsequitur my science teacher showed this a couple weeks ago. green means just regular and non-threatening asteroids. Yellow mean potentially threatening to earth. Red mean treatening to earth. just remember the chances of one of the threatening ones hitting Earth is very, very slim. :) hope this helped

[tmargo]

Beautiful work! I work at UCSD and have several 4K projectors (2 Sony SXRDs & 4 JVC D-ILAs) installed both permanently and some on long-term loan. We host the annual CineGrid workshops (cinegrid.org) here which showcase the latest & greatest in next generation digital cinema. we are also a CineGrid Exchange node which is a repository of excellent content for these emerging media. I would love to get a copy of this as a 4K TIFF sequence to view here. Please PM me to discuss further & coordinate.

[thenonsequitur]

Since someone asked, here is my (unconfirmed) hypothesis about the color coding. White obviously represents new asteroid discoveries, but for the others I'm only speculating. It seems the colors are classified based on how close their orbit gets to the sun. Asteroids who orbits are always farther out than Mars's orbit are colored green. Asteroids that sometimes get as close to the Sun as Earth's orbit or closer are colored red. Asteroids the sometimes fall between these two are colored yellow.

[TheEiovas]

That's intense!

[Mavi222]

@lovebarokv exactly! Trifonic gives it better mood!

[henrypostulart]

Stunning in original resolution!

[Nomoreidsleft]

@Nomoreidsleft Nope, as soon as the counter reaches 2010 553087, you start fading to black. My suggestion is to keep it displayed for a longer time so that we can see the full set of asteroids, that you were building up until.

Btw, I'm playing it full screen (1680x1050) using original resolution, with a integrated Intel GMA G33, and it runs pretty smoothly. No one really has a 4K capable screen right now.