The Daily Minor Planet

The Daily Minor Planet

Type of site	Citizen science Project
Available in	English, German, French, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Italian, Hindi, and Arabic
Created by	David Carson Fuls; D. C. Fuls, et al. [1]
URL	https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/the-daily-minor-planet/about/research
Commercial	No
Registration	Yes, not mandatory
Current status	Ongoing

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

• Backyard Worlds
• Active Asteroids (citizen science project)
• Disk Detective
• Galaxy Zoo
• Planet Hunters

References

1. "The Daily Minor Planet: About Research". zooniverse.org. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
2. Voices, Earthsky (19 May 2023). "Help spot asteroids! The Daily Minor Planet needs you". earthsky.org. Earth & Sky . Retrieved 12 May 2025.
3. "Join the Hunt: Astronomers Need Help Finding Asteroids Hurtling Through Our Solar System". scitechdaily.com. 2023-05-20. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
4. Trembley, Robert (18 May 2023). "The Daily Minor Planet – Discover New Asteroids Every Day!". vaticanobservatory.org. Vatican Observatory . Retrieved 16 May 2025.
5. Tate, Jay (1 November 2023). "Daily Minor Planet volunteers spot an asteroid passing close to Earth". spaceguardcentre.com. The Spaceguard Centre . Retrieved 16 May 2025.
6. "Citizen Science Project Nets a New Asteroid, and It's a Close One". lpl.arizona.edu. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
7. "The Daily Minor Planet: About Research".
8. Boyle, Alan (16 May 2023). "Astronomers Want Your Help to Identify Risky Asteroids". universetoday.com. Universe Today . Retrieved 16 May 2025.
9. Perkins, Tony (1 January 2024). "Asteroid hunters welcome Arizona citizen scientists to scan the sky". azpm.org. AZPM News . Retrieved 16 May 2025.
10. "WGSBN Bull. 5, #7, 7". wgsbn-iau.org. International Astronomical Union. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
11. "(227711) Dailyminorplanet = 1998 TK28 = 2006 DP114". minorplanetcenter.net. International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.