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Show HN: precision asteroid orbital dynamics library

https://github.com/dahlend/kete
4•ddahlen•6h ago
This is a Python (with Rust backend) library for high accuracy orbit calculation of the entire known catalog of asteroids. It is a full N-Body integrator, including lots of additional physics, such as relativistic effects, non-spherical gravitational fields of planets, masses of large asteroids, and a number of non-gravitational forces such as radiation pressure. The design goal is essentially JPL Horizons on your laptop, but all asteroids at once.

I began this project while I worked at Caltech on a NASA mission called NEO Surveyor (which is a space telescope designed to survey Near Earth Objects). It is being used by NEO Surveyor to predict previously known asteroids in images to reduce processing costs (since it is computationally expensive to process unknown asteroids). I wrote this generally enough that it is also being used by the SPHEREx and Roman space telescopes for a similar purpose.

I got it open sourced before I left caltech for a PhD, and I am continuing to develop it as a part of my PhD.

Here is a plot of my favorite group of asteroids, the Hildas, because of Jupiter their orbits are synchronized such that they make a triangle:

https://dahlend.github.io/kete/auto_examples/plot_mpc_state....

Google Debuts Device-Bound Session Credentials Against Session Hijacking

https://www.feistyduck.com/newsletter/issue_128_google_debuts_device_bound_session_credentials_ag...
1•speckx•38s ago•0 comments

Two-billion-year oxygen transformation on Earth unveiled

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-billion-year-oxygen-earth-unveiled.html
1•pseudolus•2m ago•0 comments

Temporal Wormholes from Temporal Quantum Correlations

https://doi.org/10.1155/ahep/7061222
1•ovidiu69•5m ago•0 comments

Papyrus: The AI writing assistant that helps you create better writing faster

https://papyruswriter.ai/
1•mariyadavydova•6m ago•1 comments

A potential way to relieve arthritic knees without drugs or surgery

https://attheu.utah.edu/health-medicine/a-potential-way-to-relieve-arthritic-knees-without-drugs-...
1•JeanKage•6m ago•0 comments

Gemini refuses to depict astronaut without helmet on the Moon: 'not survivable'

https://gemini.google.com/share/7cb8abccea81
1•nphard85•13m ago•1 comments

Cloudflare Introduces Signed Agents to Classify Traffic from AI Agents

https://blog.cloudflare.com/signed-agents/
2•jmarbach•13m ago•0 comments

Nvidia at Hot Chips 2025 Pushes Blackwell to Power Neural Rendering

https://www.techpowerup.com/340338/nvidia-at-hot-chips-2025-pushes-blackwell-to-power-neural-rend...
1•fidotron•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Csvqsh – SQL-like query language for CSV in Awk

https://github.com/secwang/csvqsh
2•secwang•15m ago•0 comments

US to put economic data on 9 blockchains

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-28/us-puts-gdp-data-on-the-blockchain-in-trump-cr...
7•imaginaryunit01•18m ago•11 comments

Exploring Grid-Aware Websites

https://www.nicchan.me/blog/exploring-grid-aware-websites/
1•gregwolanski•18m ago•0 comments

Intel exec quits to run Analog Devices' Oregon factory

https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2025/08/intel-exec-quits-to-run-analog-devices-oregon-f...
3•voxadam•19m ago•0 comments

Amid inflation, Japanese government panel proposes record ¥63 minimum wage hike

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/05/economy/japan-minimum-wage-record-hike/
3•PaulHoule•20m ago•0 comments

Disposable vs. Durable Code: You Can't Build Rome with Sticky Notes

https://spin.atomicobject.com/disposable-vs-durable-code/
1•philk10•20m ago•0 comments

AI Age Marketing: Bye SEO, Hello AEO

https://www.kaushik.net/avinash/ai-age-marketing-bye-seo-hello-aeo/
1•mooreds•21m ago•0 comments

Show HN: SwiftAI – open-source library to easily build LLM features on iOS/macOS

https://github.com/mi12labs/SwiftAI
4•mi12-root•21m ago•0 comments

Flesh-eating bacteria cases are rising

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/us/flesh-eating-bacteria-climate-change
1•mooreds•21m ago•0 comments

Bayes, Bits and Brains

https://bayesbitsbrains.github.io/
1•cgadski•21m ago•0 comments

Qinngua Valley

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/qinngua-valley
1•mooreds•22m ago•0 comments

Anders Hejlsberg: A Craftsman of Computer Language

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/behind-the-tech/anders-hejlsberg-a-craftsman-of-computer-language
2•andsoitis•24m ago•0 comments

China used three private companies to hack global telecoms

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/china-used-three-private-companies-hack-global-telecoms-us-...
2•2OEH8eoCRo0•24m ago•0 comments

Good morning, Brit Xbox fans – ready to prove your age?

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/28/xbox_online_safety_act/
2•rntn•25m ago•0 comments

The Power Is in the Network

https://morrisbrodersen.de/the-power-is-in-the-network/
1•todsacerdoti•26m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Txtos for LLMs – 60 SEC setup, long memory, boundary guard, MIT

https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/OS/README.md
2•tgrrr9111•28m ago•0 comments

Compilation vs. vectorization, search engine edition

https://jpountz.github.io/2025/08/28/compiled-vs-vectorized-search-engine-edition.html
1•mfiguiere•28m ago•0 comments

AI Music Playlist Creator

1•Chukwuebukaagm•29m ago•0 comments

Amtrak's flagship Acela trains get a long-awaited upgrade

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/28/nx-s1-5515654/amtrak-acela-trains-northeast-corridor-upgrade
2•voxadam•31m ago•0 comments

You Are All on the Hobbyists Maintainers' Turf Now (2024)

https://www.softwaremaxims.com/blog/open-source-hobbyists-turf
2•pabs3•31m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Anyone working on bringing software back from US clouds?

3•sam_lowry_•32m ago•0 comments

Sometimes CPU cores are odd

https://anubis.techaro.lol/blog/2025/cpu-core-odd
3•todsacerdoti•34m ago•1 comments