2013 CS83
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	15 Jan 2026	24.0	1.852 AU	0.899 AU	06h54m	+38°37'	159.5°	10.7°

The interactive orbit chart above shows the body's path through the solar system and its position at the given date. Green and blue lines are shown perpendicular to the ecliptic plane: Green if the path is above the ecliptic plane, blue if it is below. (Left-click and drag to rotate the view; Right-click and drag to move the view; Use scroll wheel to zoom in our out.)

The orbital elements of 2013 CS83 are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.6246253
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 1.5214302
            i (Inclination)                 : 9.87850
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 337.72127
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 273.10360
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 254.28402
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 250.87148
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -9.86387
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 1.88            
        

The light curve chart below shows the estimated development of the minor planet's magnitude.

The all-sky chart below shows the path of the minor planet over the same period as the light curve. The current position is marked yellow.

The following chart shows the path of the minor planet in the next few days. The field of view is optimized for (~10x50) binoculars and finderscopes.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2026-01-15 00:00 UT   06 54 46.8   +38 37 04     0.899    1.852  159.5   10.7   144   24.0 
2026-01-15 20:38 UT   06 52 14.2   +38 37 03     0.895    1.847  158.6   11.2   141   24.0 
2026-01-16 00:00 UT   06 51 49.3   +38 37 00     0.895    1.846  158.4   11.3   140   24.0 
2026-01-17 00:00 UT   06 48 51.5   +38 36 22     0.891    1.839  157.4   11.9   137   24.1 
2026-01-18 00:00 UT   06 45 53.8   +38 35 10     0.888    1.832  156.2   12.5   134   24.1 
2026-01-19 00:00 UT   06 42 56.5   +38 33 24     0.885    1.825  155.0   13.1   131   24.1 
2026-01-20 00:00 UT   06 39 59.8   +38 31 03     0.883    1.818  153.8   13.8   128   24.1 
2026-01-21 00:00 UT   06 37 04.2   +38 28 09     0.880    1.811  152.6   14.5   126   24.1 
2026-01-22 00:00 UT   06 34 09.9   +38 24 41     0.878    1.804  151.3   15.2   123   24.1 
2026-01-23 00:00 UT   06 31 17.2   +38 20 40     0.876    1.797  150.0   15.9   121   24.1 
2026-01-24 00:00 UT   06 28 26.4   +38 16 08     0.875    1.790  148.7   16.6   119   24.1 
2026-01-25 00:00 UT   06 25 37.8   +38 11 03     0.873    1.783  147.3   17.3   117   24.1 
2026-01-26 00:00 UT   06 22 51.5   +38 05 29     0.872    1.776  146.0   18.1   115   24.1 
2026-01-27 00:00 UT   06 20 08.0   +37 59 25     0.872    1.769  144.6   18.8   114   24.2 
2026-01-28 00:00 UT   06 17 27.4   +37 52 52     0.871    1.761  143.3   19.5   112   24.2 
2026-01-29 00:00 UT   06 14 49.9   +37 45 53     0.871    1.754  141.9   20.3   111   24.2 
2026-01-30 00:00 UT   06 12 15.7   +37 38 27     0.870    1.747  140.5   21.0   109   24.2 

    Terminology:
            
    delta:  distance between minor planet and earth in AU
    radius: distance between minor planet and sun in AU
    magn:   magnitude (brightness) estimate    
    ra:     right ascension in hours (24h = 360deg)
    dec:    declination in degrees
    elong:  elongation in degrees (angle sun-earth-minor planet)    
    phase:  phase angle in degrees (angle sun-minor planet-earth)        
    AU:     Astronomical Unit (mean distance between earth and sun: 149597870.7 km
    

Orbital elements provided by the MPC (Minor Planet Center).
Calculations by a modified version of AAPlus, a C# implementation of the AA+ project by PJ Naughter from the algorithms presented in the book "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus.
NGC2000 dso catalog and star labels from VizieR as provided by the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center.
Tycho2 catalog from the ESO archive.