To Do List

This is a running list of interesting posts and ideas that I may implement in Paloma's Orrery at some point. Some I have already implemented and marked as "done". Let me know of your suggestions: tonyquintanilla@gmail.com  

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/unique-black-hole-3800-light-years-away-discovered-by-gaia-mission/vi-AA1BUy3j?ocid=socialshare&pc=W046&cvid=a07d577da5a4424ba7eddc95a6d4a94d&ei=31

• The newly-discovered potential planet in our solar system that could harbour life 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/blue-ghost-s-amazing-view-of-the-moon-from-62-miles-up/vi-AA1E0F2E?ocid=socialshare

• Frozen ocean world discovered between Mars and Jupiter 

• https://www.space.com/first-black-hole-imaged-m87-turbulent-feeding-captured

• Evidence for the Innermost Inner Core: Robust Parameter Search for Radially Varying Anisotropy Using the Neighborhood Algorithm - Stephenson - 2021 - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth - Wiley Online Library 

• Odds of ‘city killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Moon increase 

• Scientists detect signs of a hidden planet in our solar system 

• NASA's Voyager Spacecraft discovers 'wall of fire' beyond the solar system 

• A Spiral Structure in the Inner Oort Cloud - IOPscience spiral structure in the oort cloud

• programming in "lean"

• Juno visualization of clouds

• JWST views of Titan

• Comet Nishimura's Tail Fails In The Solar Wind In Amazing Spacecraft Time-Lapse | Watch 

• Saturn's largest moon Titan has a baffling atmosphere that wobbles and spins like a gyroscope 

• Lucy flyby Dinkinesh

• Titan images

• JWST exoplanet 

• Deflecting asteroids isn't as easy as scientists previously thought 

• A Cosmic Time Traveler Object From 7 Billion Years Ago Has Just Entered Our Solar System 

• New NASA images of the sun, closest ever | Watch 

• Time-Lapse Of BepiColombo Spacecraft Flying By Mercury | Watch 

• Inside Tiangong: How China’s Space Station Is Redefining Orbital Science | Watch 

Suggested Improvements

1. Asteroid Belt Density Visualization

Add a function to show the overall asteroid belt structure:

• Create a toroidal distribution between 2.2-3.2 AU

• Show density variations (Kirkwood gaps)

• Use small, semi-transparent markers to indicate the population

2. Trojan Asteroid Clouds

Create visualization for the L4 and L5 Lagrange points:

• Leading (L4) and trailing (L5) Trojan groups for Jupiter

• Show as cloud-like distributions 60° ahead/behind Jupiter

• Could extend to Neptune Trojans as well

3. Centaur Population

Add visualization for Centaurs (objects between Jupiter and Neptune):

• Show their transitional nature between TNOs and Jupiter-family comets

• Use different marker style to distinguish from asteroids/KBOs

4. Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO) Populations

Create distinct visualizations for:

• Classical Kuiper Belt: 40-50 AU, low inclination

• Scattered Disk: High eccentricity objects beyond Neptune

• Resonant populations: Objects in orbital resonances with Neptune (2:3, 3:5, etc.)

• Detached objects: Like Sedna, with perihelia beyond Neptune's influence

5. Dynamic Features

Consider adding:

• Meteor streams: Show paths of major meteor shower radiants

• Asteroid families: Groups with common origins

• Comet tail directions: Always pointing away from Sun

6. Scale-Aware Rendering

Implement level-of-detail system:

• At solar system scale: Show population clouds

• At planetary scale: Show individual objects

• Automatic switching based on zoom level

• NASA tracking plane-sized asteroid approaching Earth today 

• New images released of ‘interstellar wanderer’ zooming through our solar system 

• Astronomers discover a cosmic 'fossil' at the edge of our solar system. Is this bad news for 'Planet 9'? -- done

• Harvard Physicist Claims Interstellar Object That Entered Our Solar System May Have Been Sent by Alien Civilization 🙂

• near earth asteroid vt4 - Google Search 

• Scientist Suggests Tests to See if Large Object Headed Toward Earth Could Be an Alien Spacecraft 

• NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Flyby Asteroid Dinkinesh At 10,000 MPH | Watch 

• Comet Nishimura's Tail Fails In The Solar Wind In Amazing Spacecraft Time-Lapse | Watch 

• Time-Lapse Of BepiColombo Spacecraft Flying By Mercury 

• Hubble Captures Close-Ups of Interstellar “Invader” 

• Lucy Spacecraft Captured 1st Ever Close-Up Views Of Asteroid Donaldjohanson | Watch 

• Image reveals unprecedented view of the third interstellar object observed passing through our solar system 

• Bus-sized asteroid approaching Earth, NASA reports -- done

• automatic ephemeris fetch and ra/dec hovertext for observers.🙂

• Manhattan-sized interstellar object appears to emit its own light: Harvard scientist 

• Hubble’s Sharp View Redefines the Scale and Secrets of 3I/ATLAS 

• James Webb Space Telescope takes 1st look at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with unexpected results 

• NASA probe finds structure inside asteroid 

• DART Asteroid Impact Seen From Ground Observatory And Cubesat | Watch 

• This Giant Asteroid Will Fly Closer To Earth Than Satellites And You’ll Be Able To See It From Your Backyard 

• NASA Keeps Changing The Odds Of Asteroid Hitting In 2032 

• Small Asteroid Captured Hours Prior To Earth Impact 

• Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as seen by Rubin Observatory | Watch 

• Dark matter and dark energy may not exist, new research finds 

• Mysterious Asteroids Near Venus May Be on a Collision Course with Earth 

• In 4 Years’ Time, 2 Billion People Will Witness a Sky Event That Only Happens Once Every 7,500 Years 

Looking at this image, I can see it shows individual named asteroids with their orbital paths, which is different from what we just implemented. Let me check what's currently in the project:Great question! Yes, many of these individual asteroids are already implemented in Palomas Orrery as individual orbital objects! Let me check which ones from the image are present:

✅ Already Implemented (as individual objects with orbits):

From your image, these are already in the system:

• Ceres ✓ (dwarf planet)

• Vesta ✓

• Pallas ✓

• Hygiea ✓ (Horizons calls it "Hygiea")

• Juno ✓

• Psyche ✓

• Eunomia ✓

• Davida ✓

• Europa ✓ (52 Europa asteroid)

• Sylvia ✓

• Thisbe ✓

• Doris ✓

• Euphrosyne ✓

• Interamnia ✓

Plus several Trojans:

• Eurybates ✓

• Patroclus ✓

• Orus ✓

• Polymele ✓

• Leucus ✓

❌ Not Yet Implemented:

These from your image would need to be added:

• Lamberta

• Melpomene

• Adeona

• Ino

• Flora

• Parthenope

• Nemausus

• Kalliope

• Nemesis

• Metis

• Eugenia

• Hebe

• Elektra

• Daphne

• Eleonora

• Iris

• Egeria

• Amphitrite

• Themis

• Fortuna

• Bamberga

• Camilla

• Herculina

💡 Key Difference:

What we just created (asteroid belt shells) shows the population distributions as clouds/regions - the overall structure of where asteroids are concentrated.

What's already in the system are individual named asteroids with their precise orbital paths.

Together they complement each other:

• The belt shells show "here's where most asteroids are located"

• The individual asteroids show "here are specific notable members"

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• Uranus and Neptune may not be 'ice giants' after all, new research suggests 

• New Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Captured By Very Large Telescope | Watch 

• "Anti-Tail" And Odd 594-Kilometer Feature Found On Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS By Keck Observatory 

• Rare black hole-star merger creates the longest gamma-ray burst ever 

• Comet Lemmon: How to see visitor that won’t return for 1,300 years 

• The most ‘pristine’ star in the universe discovered by astronomers 

• Planet That Should Not Be Present...Possibilities Why Halla Exists 

• White dwarf star is still feasting on dead Earth-like planet 3 billion years later 

• It's Official: Scientists Confirmed What Is Inside Our Moon 

• NASA reveals new images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from across the solar system: 'It looks and behaves like a comet' 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/watch-an-alien-world-orbit-around-its-star-in-17-year-time-lapse/vi-AA1QZTxD?ocid=socialshare

• OSIRIS-REx Bringing Asteroid Samples To Earth - NASA Explains 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/tail-of-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-seen-in-time-lapse/vi-AA1REqXP?ocid=socialshare

• Asteroid 2025 TF's closest approach was about ~186 miles (300 km) from Earth. It is estimated to be about 2 meters (6.5 feet) in diameter. Credit: Space.com | animation courtesy: NASA/jPL-Caltech | edited by Steve Spaleta

• This record-breaking quadruple star system is so jam-packed it could fit between Jupiter and our sun 

• Hubble Space Telescope accidentally witnesses comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking apart 

• See the Milky Way's Sagittarius A* black hole in an amazing polarized Event Horizon Telescope image 

• Revolutionary new engine runs on the cold of space - no fuel required 

• America's nuclear spacecraft is heading to Mars, and it's bringing helicopters