Objects related to accumulator of "space junk" as reported by Space Force Nov 2023

USENET article here.

Top10 matches between earth-approaching objects and growth of "space junk" (red line on Figure 3 plot in relevant report PDF).











Most objects are asteroids in one or other belts. (The first digit in the record number usu tells you which belt). The "9000" object is a sun-grazing comet first spotted in (by total co-incidence?) 2004 now famous in various circles for the "Nimitz incident". And then there's Jupiter -- perhaps the only object before the fact we might expect to be associated with rocks and dust gathering in cislunar orbit.