Galaxy Zoo Talk

Asteroid Group

  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    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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  • ElisabethB 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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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Sure, they're in the DECaLS image; 1 2 3 4 5 6

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    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=22.9392

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Wider search area, probably a lot more to find
    7 8 9 10 11 12

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    13 14 15 im still seeing to much to count right now, point is made.
    (And another obvious one, but on a different trajectory)

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  • Budgieye 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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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    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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