Astronomy:The Daily Minor Planet

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Short description: The citizen science project The Daily Minor Planet
The Daily Minor Planet
Type of site
Citizen science Project
Available inEnglish, German, French, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Italian, Hindi, and Arabic
Created byDavid Carson Fuls; D. C. Fuls, et al.[1]
Websitehttps://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/the-daily-minor-planet/about/research
CommercialNo
RegistrationYes, not mandatory
Current statusOngoing

The Daily Minor Planet is a citizen science project run by the Zooniverse and The Catalina Sky Survey with a funding grant from NASA, to use citizen science volunteer classifications to discover asteroids with recent data from the G96 Mount Lemmon Survey 1.52 m (60 in) cassegrain reflector telescope.[2][3][4][5] The main objective of the project is to search for undiscovered asteroids in order to protect the planet by locating potentially harmful Near-Earth asteroids.[6][7][8][9]

The main-belt asteroid 227711 Dailyminorplanet was named in honor of thousands of volunteers who have participated in this project.[10][11]

List of Notable Discoveries

Asteroid Designation Orbit or Family Semi-
major
axis (AU)		 Eccentricity
of orbit		 Diameter
(m)		 Discovery
date		 Refs
2023 VN3 Apollo 1.2166279 0.2142180 26.17 2023-11-05 MPC · JPL
2023 TW Aten 0.8458886 0.2912585 9.30 2023-10-04 MPC · JPL
2024 SN3 Aten 0.9150081 0.1096303 11.02 2024-09-22 MPC · JPL
2025 HD3 Aten 0.8316599 0.4446249 23.78 2025-04-24 MPC · JPL
2025 KU1 Apollo 1.0738396 0.0810991 15.10 2025-05-22 MPC · JPL

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Daily Minor Planet: About Research". https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/the-daily-minor-planet/about/research. Retrieved 12 May 2025. 
  2. ↑ Voices, Earthsky (19 May 2023). "Help spot asteroids! The Daily Minor Planet needs you". Earth & Sky. https://earthsky.org/space/help-spot-asteroids-daily-minor-planet-project-nasa/. Retrieved 12 May 2025. 
  3. ↑ "Join the Hunt: Astronomers Need Help Finding Asteroids Hurtling Through Our Solar System" (in en). 2023-05-20. https://scitechdaily.com/join-the-hunt-astronomers-need-help-finding-asteroids-hurtling-through-our-solar-system/. 
  4. ↑ Trembley, Robert (18 May 2023). "The Daily Minor Planet – Discover New Asteroids Every Day!". Vatican Observatory. https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/sacred-space-astronomy/the-daily-minor-planet-discover-new-asteroids-every-day/. Retrieved 16 May 2025. 
  5. ↑ Tate, Jay (1 November 2023). "Daily Minor Planet volunteers spot an asteroid passing close to Earth". The Spaceguard Centre. https://spaceguardcentre.com/daily-minor-planet-volunteers-spot-an-asteroid-passing-close-to-earth/. Retrieved 16 May 2025. 
  6. ↑ "Citizen Science Project Nets a New Asteroid, and It's a Close One". https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/news/spotlight/citizen-science-project-nets-new-asteroid-and-its-close-one. Retrieved 12 May 2025. 
  7. ↑ "The Daily Minor Planet: About Research". https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/the-daily-minor-planet/about/research. 
  8. ↑ Boyle, Alan (16 May 2023). "Astronomers Want Your Help to Identify Risky Asteroids". Universe Today. https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-citizen-identify-asteroids. Retrieved 16 May 2025. 
  9. ↑ Perkins, Tony (1 January 2024). "Asteroid hunters welcome Arizona citizen scientists to scan the sky". AZPM News. https://news.azpm.org/p/news-topical-sci/2024/1/26/218928-asteroid-hunters-welcome-arizona-citizen-scientists-to-scan-the-sky/. Retrieved 16 May 2025. 
  10. ↑ "WGSBN Bull. 5, #7, 7". International Astronomical Union. 28 April 2025. https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bulletins/index.html. Retrieved 28 May 2025. 
  11. ↑ "(227711) Dailyminorplanet = 1998 TK28 = 2006 DP114". International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center. 28 April 2025. https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?utf8=%E2%9C%93&object_id=227711. Retrieved 28 May 2025. 




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