All the asteroids discovered to date is one intimidating visualization

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Here's a cool visualization that, even knowing how much empty space is out there, still freaks the hell out of me: All the ~600,000 asteroids discovered in the Solar System since 1980 to 2014, animated through time by Scott Manley. Amazing video. Bonus: How Jupiter shepherds them away from us.

Bonus: Jupiter the shepherd of asteroids

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