The Swarm

6,739 minor planets · JPL SBDB · estimated positions for 2026-11-07

6,739 saved minor-planet orbits, viewed from above the ecliptic. Color shows orbit class; dots mark estimated positions for November 7, 2026. The view covers the inner 5.5 AU, so some orbits and objects extend outside the frame.

The Swarm

6,739 saved minor-planet orbits, viewed from above the ecliptic. Color shows orbit class; dots mark estimated positions for November 7, 2026. The view covers the inner 5.5 AU, so some orbits and objects extend outside the frame.

Sun-centered AU, using catalog elements and two-body Kepler motion at JD 2461352.0. Earth’s marker uses JPL’s approximate Earth/Moon barycenter model; its ring is a 1 AU reference. Arrows select objects; hover reads their elements.

Data and limits

NASA/JPL SBDB saved selection: 39 Atiras, 500 Atens, 1,500 Apollos, 700 Amors, 3,000 main-belt asteroids and 1,000 Trojans. Brighter objects were selected by absolute magnitude H. Public NASA data.

A sample, not the whole catalog. Two-body motion omits perturbations; positions are estimates, not ephemerides. The projection hides height above the ecliptic.

Code: Luke Steuber, MIT. Data Poems.