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3D atlas of solar system shows all the asteroids too

Rob Beschizza
Sep 02, 2025
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Screenshot of the Atlas of Space

The Atlas of Space shows one star, eight planets, ten dwarf planets, moons, comets, asteroids, spacecraft and trans-Neptunian objects. All in slowly-orbiting 3D. Clicking on these celestial objects brings up a detailed encyclopedia entry about it; for example, Huygens. An exemplary interactive visualization, it's the anti…

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