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30 years, half a million asteroids.

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30 years, half a million asteroids.
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30 years, half a million asteroids.
August 27, 2010 at 9:28 am
Just how empty is our solar system? Well, we have 8 planets, one star, a fair few dwarf planets and comets. Oh, and more than half a million asteroids (discovered in the last 30 years):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_d-gs0WoUw

I did the calculation. That is 45 asteroids discovered every single day.
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30 years, half a million asteroids. - by Tiberius - August 27, 2010 at 9:28 am
RE: 30 years, half a million asteroids. - by leo-rcc - August 27, 2010 at 9:31 am
RE: 30 years, half a million asteroids. - by Shinylight - August 27, 2010 at 9:53 am
RE: 30 years, half a million asteroids. - by KichigaiNeko - August 27, 2010 at 11:14 pm
RE: 30 years, half a million asteroids. - by Minimalist - August 27, 2010 at 11:18 pm
RE: 30 years, half a million asteroids. - by Shell B - August 27, 2010 at 11:52 pm
RE: 30 years, half a million asteroids. - by lrh9 - August 28, 2010 at 1:48 am
RE: 30 years, half a million asteroids. - by goalie - August 31, 2010 at 6:00 pm

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