Near-Earth asteroids discovered per year

As astronomers have discovered more near-Earth asteroids, Americans have self-published more books, a correlation of 0.980 that connects celestial threat detection to literary ambition with the discovery confidence of a chart that treats telescopes and Amazon KDP as equivalent observation platforms. The asteroid is found, the manuscript is uploaded, and both trends measure institutions getting better at detecting things that were always there.

Near-Earth asteroids discovered grew from about 1,000 to over 3,000 per year. Self-published books grew from about 150,000 to over 2 million titles per year. Both are exponential growth curves driven by improved infrastructure: better telescopes for asteroids, better platforms for publishing. The asteroids were always there; we just improved our ability to find them. The aspiring authors were always there; Amazon just made it free to publish.

Ten years of asteroids and self-published books is a correlation between two forms of discovery: one cosmic, one literary, both enabled by improved technology. The telescope scans, the platform accepts, and both curves measure the same truth: the supply was always there, waiting for the infrastructure to reveal it.