Asteroid Group
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When zoomed out there are 6 asteroids with the same apparent speed and direction, does this possibly mean they have the same origin or simply a result from the development of the protoplanetary disk?
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by ElisabethB moderator
Is that in the DECaLS or the Skyserver image?
And could you give the ra and dec of these asteroids (because I just see one asteroid in the DECaLS image)
Thanks
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Sure, they're in the DECaLS image; 1 2 3 4 5 6
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ra=115.8546&dec=22.9314
ra=115.8466&dec=22.9591
ra=115.8076&dec=22.9833
ra=115.8495&dec=22.8688
ra=115.8915&dec=22.9154
ra=115.9037&dec=22.9392Posted
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Wider search area, probably a lot more to find
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13 14 15 im still seeing to much to count right now, point is made.
(And another obvious one, but on a different trajectory)Posted
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by Budgieye moderator
Here is some more info an asteroids.
8.3 asteroids, ice worlds http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=8&comment_id=53d8bc1e0d43f776b00010bb
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I understand, so if time between green and blue is short, apparent same speed and direction MIGHT be caused by earths rotation, OR they are moving in unison (Lets not unsheath Occam's Razor 😉 ). Either way still quite a whole bunch packed together!
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