Catalina Sky Survey

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Official page for the Catalina Sky Survey. NASA funded Near-Earth Object survey operating at the University of Arizona (Lunar and Planetary Laboratory) in partnership with Steward Observatory. Website: https://catalina.lpl.arizona.edu/about

2025 CE13 is a newly discovered potentially hazardous asteroid. It is between 141-316m in diameter and passes within 4.4LD of Earth's orbit. It was discovered on Feb 2nd, 2025 by CSS observer H. Groeller. 2025 CE13 poses no impact threat to Earth. 🔭

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Congratulations to CSS observer Hannes Groeller. Hannes recently discovered comet C/2025 D1 (Groeller) from the Bok telescope, which we operate under a partnership with Spacewatch. C/2025 D1 has the largest perihelion distance of any comet found to date. Interactive orbit in comments. 🔭

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2025 CW is a newly discovered potentially hazardous asteroid. It is between 200-450m in diameter and passes within 4.32LD of Earth's orbit. It was discovered on Feb 3rd, 2025 by CSS observer T. Beuden. 2025 CW poses no impact threat to Earth. 🔭

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