The Number Of Documented Asteroids
In our solar system has jumped after scientists managed to find over 1,000 of these celestial objects that had gone unnoticed until now.
The Asteroids Were Discovered
Through a citizen science project known as the Hubble Asteroid Hunter and sought to use archival data to visually identify asteroids that had hitherto gone unnoticed.
Max Planck Institute
“One astronomer’s trash can be another astronomer’s treasure,” noted Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics researcher Sandor Kruk,
Who Led....
The study published in the peer-reviewed academic journal Astronomy and Astrophysics
Many Astronomers Archive
Data and the number increases exponentially as the amount of data continues to grow.
Furthermore, The Amount Of Asteroids
Known to scientists has also grown exponentially over the years thanks to advancements in telescope technology.