They become denizens of the asteroid belt that's found between Mars and Jupiter until they fall out of orbit, possibly as a result of a collision with another object.

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If a beam similar to the original reference beam is shone through a hologram, the result is a three-dimensional image of the object scanned.

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In this case, the object is to make huge climate simulations spanning hundreds of years, and then analyse the massive banks of data that result.

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