2013 CS83
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	6 May 2026	24.1	0.825 AU	0.835 AU	06h30m	+20°47'	52.1°	74.8°

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
2026-05-06 00:00 UT   06 30 54.0   +20 47 47     0.835    0.825   52.1   74.8    95   24.1 
2026-05-06 18:19 UT   06 31 55.0   +20 36 49     0.829    0.817   51.7   75.6    95   24.1 
2026-05-07 00:00 UT   06 32 13.6   +20 33 23     0.827    0.814   51.5   75.8    95   24.1 
2026-05-08 00:00 UT   06 33 31.0   +20 18 44     0.818    0.803   50.9   76.9    96   24.0 
2026-05-09 00:00 UT   06 34 45.8   +20 03 49     0.810    0.793   50.2   78.1    96   24.0 
2026-05-10 00:00 UT   06 35 57.8   +19 48 39     0.800    0.782   49.6   79.3    96   24.0 
2026-05-11 00:00 UT   06 37 06.6   +19 33 13     0.791    0.771   48.9   80.5    97   24.0 
2026-05-12 00:00 UT   06 38 11.8   +19 17 31     0.781    0.761   48.2   81.8    97   24.0 
2026-05-13 00:00 UT   06 39 13.0   +19 01 34     0.772    0.750   47.5   83.2    98   24.0 
2026-05-14 00:00 UT   06 40 09.9   +18 45 22     0.761    0.740   46.8   84.6    98   24.0 
2026-05-15 00:00 UT   06 41 01.9   +18 28 55     0.751    0.730   46.1   86.0    99   24.0 
2026-05-16 00:00 UT   06 41 48.5   +18 12 14     0.741    0.720   45.4   87.6    99   24.0 
2026-05-17 00:00 UT   06 42 29.3   +17 55 19     0.730    0.710   44.6   89.2    99   24.0 
2026-05-18 00:00 UT   06 43 03.6   +17 38 10     0.719    0.701   43.8   90.8   100   24.0 
2026-05-19 00:00 UT   06 43 30.8   +17 20 50     0.708    0.691   43.1   92.6   100   24.0 
2026-05-20 00:00 UT   06 43 50.3   +17 03 18     0.697    0.682   42.2   94.4   101   24.0 
2026-05-21 00:00 UT   06 44 01.3   +16 45 37     0.685    0.673   41.4   96.3   102   24.0 
2026-05-22 00:00 UT   06 44 03.0   +16 27 48     0.674    0.664   40.5   98.3   102   24.1 
2026-05-23 00:00 UT   06 43 54.8   +16 09 53     0.662    0.656   39.6  100.4   103   24.1 
2026-05-24 00:00 UT   06 43 35.6   +15 51 53     0.650    0.648   38.6  102.5   103   24.1 
2026-05-25 00:00 UT   06 43 04.8   +15 33 51     0.639    0.640   37.6  104.8   104   24.2 
2026-05-26 00:00 UT   06 42 21.3   +15 15 50     0.627    0.632   36.6  107.1   105   24.3 
2026-05-27 00:00 UT   06 41 24.2   +14 57 54     0.615    0.625   35.5  109.6   106   24.3 
2026-05-28 00:00 UT   06 40 12.7   +14 40 04     0.603    0.618   34.4  112.1   107   24.4 
2026-05-29 00:00 UT   06 38 45.7   +14 22 26     0.592    0.612   33.2  114.7   107   24.5 
2026-05-30 00:00 UT   06 37 02.5   +14 05 02     0.580    0.606   32.0  117.5   108   24.6 
2026-05-31 00:00 UT   06 35 02.0   +13 47 59     0.569    0.600   30.7  120.3   110   24.8 
2026-06-01 00:00 UT   06 32 43.5   +13 31 20     0.558    0.595   29.4  123.2   111   25.0 
2026-06-02 00:00 UT   06 30 06.3   +13 15 11     0.547    0.590   28.0  126.2   112   25.2 
2026-06-03 00:00 UT   06 27 09.8   +12 59 37     0.536    0.586   26.6  129.3   114   25.4 
2026-06-04 00:00 UT   06 23 53.6   +12 44 44     0.526    0.582   25.1  132.4   116   25.6 

    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.