Wikimedia Commons file history & scientific discovery

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I realized that the file histories of Wikimedia Commons images can sometimes be used to track scientific discoveries over time. In this example I put the history of an image of Trans-Neptunian Objects tracked from March 23, 2006 to its incarnation on February 9, 2009.

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TheTransneptunians_Size_Albedo_Color.svg

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Tracking new discoveries using file history

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TheTransneptunians_Size_Albedo_Color.svg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TheTransneptunians_Size_Albedo_Color.svg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TheTransneptunians_Size_Albedo_Color.svg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TheTransneptunians_Size_Albedo_Color.svg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TheTransneptunians_Size_Albedo_Color.svg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TheTransneptunians_Size_Albedo_Color.svg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TheTransneptunians_Size_Albedo_Color.svg

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