With technology continuing to advance and allow researchers to collect enormous amounts of data. The new Center for Data-Driven Discovery (CD3), lead by professor of astronomy George Djorgovski, primary goal is to speed data-driven discoveries. 2020 CD3 is a tiny member of a class of asteroids whose orbits cross the Earth’s orbit. Occasionally, they come near or collide with the Earth, but in this case a collision would not have been a. Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) is currently in the constellation of Gemini. The current Right Ascension of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) is 07h 39m 00s and the Declination is +23° 48’ 43” (topocentric coordinates computed for the selected location: Greenwich, United Kingdom change ). 2020 CD 3 은 20152016년 즈음부터 약 45년간 지구의 두번째 위성으로 있었던 것으로 추정되며, 2020년 3월 7일 지구를 떠났을 것이라고 보고 있다. 다만, 일각에서는 준위성 으로 전환되거나 벗어날 때 쯤 달의 인력에 이끌려서 손자위성 이 될 가능성도 보고 있다. There is no chance of a collision in the short term. 2020 CD3 is in a rather chaotic orbit of the Earth that extends well beyond the moon and doesn't come very close to Earth Each orbit is different, but no orbit brings it closer than the moon.
NEODyS provides information and services for all Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs). Each NEA has its own dynamically generated home page providing information and services, and a search facility putting the information in easy reach. Download rapoo driver.
Starting from 1 September 2011 NEODyS is sponsored by ESA, whichpays a portion of the operating costs, both for the background orbitand risk computations and for the database and web interface; the restof the cost is covered by the Department of Mathematics of theUniversity of Pisa, with the running research grants of the CelestialMechanics Group, and by IASF-INAF (Rome), with a PRIN-INAF grant.
The ESA participation is through a contract with SpaceDyS srl, acompany of Cascina (Pisa, Italy), which is a startup promoted by sameresearch group which has built and operated NEODyS in the past.
ESA isprogressively assuming larger responsibility for the operations ofNEODyS, under the programmatic envelope of the Space SituationalAwareness (SSA) initiative, NEO segment. The NEODyS service isexpected to be federated, together with others including theSpaceguard Central Node and the EARN Asteroid Database, in a newcomprehensive SSA-NEO information service.
The University and Research groups will in the near future continue to sharethe work and the responsibility, and are inany case committed to continue for a long period of time to contributewith research, innovation and certification functions.
This is the new version NEODyS-2, implementing the new error model based upon Veres, Farnocchia, Chesley, Chamberlin, Statistical analysis of astrometric errors for the most productive asteroid surveys, Icarus 296, 2017. The orbits have all been recomputed by using star catalog debiasing and an error model with assumed astrometric errors RMS deduced from the tests of the paper cited above. Risk files have bene recomputed for all PHAs, scanning for possible impacts in the coming century; as a result, many objects do not have anymore a risk file, because the orbit has improved.
The software used for this version of NEODyS is OrbFit version 5.0; the free distribution can be dowloaded through this link.
The NEODyS service is in some circumstances time critical (e.g.,during special observation campaigns for asteroids at risk of beinglost and/or with Virtual Impactors). At the moment we cannot provide aduplicate service to guarantee against network failures.
We are doing an effort to provide NEODyS with online help andcaptions. However, it is obviously not possible to explain all thetechnicalities involved in such a complex information system. The Tumbling Stone site had been created precisely to provide more user friendlyinformation, including an illustrated dictionary of technical terms,and comments on the most relevant events and discoveries about NearEarth Asteroids. Unfortunately this site is not currentlymaintained.
The same services for other asteroids, including all numbered and multiopposition orbit objects, can be accessed at AstDyS.
What's new?
- The NEODyS information system has recently changed its web interface. This was necessary to allow upgrade and maintenance of the web interface, because the previous version used propietary software which we could not maintain and which used obsolete libraries. The new interface will gradually diverge, that is acquire new functionality. We would appreciate receiving comments on the new interface.
Other features
- We are operating the impact monitoring service CLOMON2. Therisk pages have a new format and contain more information, includingthe Palermo Technical scale for each possible impact.
- We are providing a link to the animated orbit diagramsavailable from JPL (e.g.,Apophis).
- We are providing proper elements, computed by means ofsingular averaging, and encounter conditions; a figure shows thesecular evolution of the proper elements (e.g., Apophis).
- We compute not only the Minimum Orbital Intersection Distance(MOID), but also all the stationary points of the distance functionbetween the orbit of the asteroid and the orbit of the Earth; a figure illustrates the geometry of the distance function; this is informativeespecially in the cases with multiple minima (e.g., Apophis).
- We include the daily ephemeris for each object to thedatabase. This allows an observer to search for all NEODyS objectsthat are visible now, or are in a certain region of sky, in particulartaking into account the galactic disk. See the Search section to give it a try.
- Radar observations now incorporated into our orbitalsolutions. For those objects with radar observations, this results insubstantially improved orbits, with far less uncertainty.
- We are now using simpler and constant URL's. This means that you can put a link to your favorite asteroid (e.g., Apophis) or to your favorite observatory (e.g., Highland Road Park Observatory) on your own web pages. You can also usebookmarks now, the URL for an object does not change.
What's next?
- We are working on the problem of assigning formal uncertainties,based upon the covariance matrix formalism, to all the quantitiespresented in the NEODyS home page of an asteroid. E.g., the periheliondistance, the MOID, the period, etc., should have a stateduncertainty.
Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) is currently in the constellation of Cancer. The current Right Ascension of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) is 08h 14m 26s and the Declination is +22° 09’ 24” (topocentric coordinates computed for the selected location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]). The current magnitude of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) is 31.63 (JPL).
Summary of key facts about Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) [tip: you can also create a Quick Access page for this data if you access it frequently and would like to have a simpler view]:
- 2020 CD3 isabove the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change].
- It is visible looking in the East-South-East direction at an altitude of 43° above the horizon.
- Given its current magnitude, 2020 CD3 is visible only through long exposure photography.
- See also 2020 CD3 rise and set times.
- Go to interactive sky chart
If you need to access this information frequently for your observations, you can create a simple customized Quick Access page, so that you can easily bookmark it in your browser favorites or add a shortcut to your mobile phones' home screen.
Additional information about Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) available on TheSkyLive:
- Position and finder charts (see also Where is Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon)?)
- Distance from Earth (see also How far is Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) from Earth?)
- Rise and set times (see also When does Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) rise and set?)
- Brightness (see also How bright is Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon)?)
- Orbital elements. Detailed information about Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) orbital parameters.
- Interactive orbit visualization. 3d visualization showing the orbit of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) with respect to the major Solar System objects.
- 15 days ephemerides. Table showing celestial coordinates and magnitude of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) for the past and next 7 days.
- Interactive sky chart. An online planetarium application that shows where to locate Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) in the sky from your location.
- Live position tracker. A high precision sky chart that uses real deep sky imagery to help locate Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) with your telescope or on your astrophotographies.
Below we provide Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) finder charts showing where the object is right now in the sky with respect to the brightest stars. The first finder chart has a field of view of 50 degrees, while the second one has a field of view of 10 degrees. Click on each finder chart to access a full screen interactive Online Planetarium.
Field of view: 50x30 degrees
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Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Higher precision deep sky finder chart, 60 arcmin wide, showing where Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) is right now. Click on the image to see a more detailed fullscreen tracker view.
Field of view: 60x40 arcmins
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Also check out Where is Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon)?, a page that provides all the information needed to find Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) in the sky and additional links to sky charts. Drivers nec usb devices.
The distance of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) from Earth is currently 40,213,790 kilometers, equivalent to 0.268813 Astronomical Units. Light takes 2 minutes and 14.1388 seconds to travel from Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) from Earth as a function of time. In the chart the distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with an interval of 1 day.
The value of the reported distance might be somewhat inaccurate around the times of closest approach for objects passing extremely close to Earth. The value of the distance of 2020 CD3 from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Between January 2015 and December 2100, the closest approach of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) to Earth happens on Tue Apr 26 2044 at a distance of 0.000121 Astronomical Units, or 18,102 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.
The current visual magnitude of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) is 31.63.
2020 Cd3 Asteroid
The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon), according to the most recent ephemerides data. Magnitude data is sampled with a 2 days interval and there might be inaccuracies for objects changing brightness very rapidly during the course of a few days. For comets there could be large discrepancies between the observed and predicted brightness because of their highly dynamic behaviour.
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):
The rise and set times are defined as the time at which the upper limb of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) touches the horizon, considering the effect of the atmospheric refraction. As the atmospheric conditions cannot be modeled precisely the times reported here should be considered correct with an approximation of few minutes.
The following table lists the orbital elements of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) at epoch 29 February 2020 00:00 UTC (JD: 2458909.5). Source: JPL Small-Body Database
2020 Cd3 Moon
Element | Symbol | Value |
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Orbit eccentricity | e | 0.03838369 |
Orbit inclination | i | 0.84472774° |
Perihelion distance | q | 0.98596218 AU 147,497,843 km |
Aphelion distance | Q | 1.06467313 AU 159,272,833 km |
Semi-major axis | a | 1.02531765 AU 153,385,338 km |
Orbital period | period | 1.0400 years 379.2155 days |
Date of perihelion transit | Tp | 2020-Jan-19 03:51:20 2,458,867.6607 JD |
Next perihelion transit | 2021-Feb-01 09:01 2,459,246.8762 JD | |
Argument of perihelion | peri | 339.61959260329° |
Longitude of the ascending node | node | 138.57398393899° |
Mean anomaly | M | 39.719273835339° |
Mean motion | n | 0.94932829°/day |
This 3d orbit diagram is a feature of our 3D Solar System Simulator and shows the orbit of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) with respect of the Sun and the orbits of the major planets. The position of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) and the planets along their orbits in this diagram accurately represents the current configuration of the objects in the Solar System. This is an experimental feature and it requires a WebGL enabled browser. Please provide us feedback!
View Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) in the 3D Solar System Simulator
2020 Cd3 Moon
The following table lists the ephemerides of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) computed for the past and next 7 days, with a 24 hours interval. Click on each row of the table to locate Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) in our Online Planetarium at the chosen date.
2020 Cd3 Size
Date | Right AscensionR.A. | DeclinationDec. | MagnitudeMag | Constellation |
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2021 Apr 19 | 07h 46m 54s | +23° 29’ 48” | 31.61 | Gemini |
2021 Apr 21 | 07h 55m 17s | +23° 07’ 27” | 31.62 | Gemini |
2021 Apr 23 | 08h 03m 36s | +22° 43’ 28” | 31.62 | Cancer |
2021 Apr 25 | 08h 11m 53s | +22° 17’ 53” | 31.63 | Cancer |
2021 Apr 27 | 08h 20m 06s | +21° 50’ 44” | 31.64 | Cancer |
2021 Apr 29 | 08h 28m 15s | +21° 22’ 05” | 31.64 | Cancer |
2021 May 01 | 08h 36m 21s | +20° 52’ 00” | 31.65 | Cancer |