Astronomers demonstrate how using the cloud can rev up the rate of discovery for asteroids - GeekWire

Astronomers have used a cloud-based technique pioneered at the University of Washington to identify and track asteroids in big bunches.

This visualization shows the orbits for scores of newly identified asteroids as green arcs. (B612 Asteroid Institute / UW Dirac Institute / OpenSpace Project) Astronomers have used a cloud-based tec… [+5341 chars]

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