Explore Near-EarthAsteroids
A hobby project that turns NASA asteroid data into a 3D scene you can explore, with an AI chat and some experimental automation on top.
What's Inside
A few ways to poke around the data
3D Solar System
Browse asteroid orbits around Earth in an interactive 3D scene with camera controls and trajectory trails.
AI Chat
Ask questions about asteroids, navigate the 3D scene, and look up data through a chat interface powered by Ollama Cloud.
Impact Simulation
Pick an asteroid and a location on a 3D globe to see estimated crater size and blast radius based on simplified physics models.
Periodic Agent
An experimental Claude-powered agent checks for new data every 4 hours and writes short summaries of notable approaches.
Charts & Timelines
Simple dashboards showing approach timelines, size distributions, and orbital classifications from the NASA data.
Daily Discovery
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day with date navigation.
What This Is
AstroWatch is a personal project that pulls near-Earth object data from NASA's API and shows it in a 3D scene. There's a chat interface for asking questions and an experimental AI agent that periodically checks for new data.
The visualizations are approximate — orbital positions are simplified for display, and the impact simulator uses basic physics models. It's meant to be interesting and educational, not scientifically rigorous.
Built as a way to learn and experiment with 3D graphics, AI tooling, and real-time data. If you find it fun or useful, that's great.
Questions or feedback? Reach out at danielhuber.dev@proton.me
Disclaimer
Data comes from NASA's Near-Earth Object API. Everything else — risk labels, AI summaries, impact estimates, orbital positions — is approximate, often simplified, and sometimes heuristic. This is a hobby project, not a scientific tool. For real asteroid data, use NASA/JPL CNEOS.