C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)

C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)
The comet on 10 January 2025 in twilight
Discovery
Discovered byT. Linder
Discovery date5 April 2024
Orbital characteristics A
Epoch16 June 2024 (JD 2460477.5)
Number of
observations
294
Perihelion0.093 AU
Semi-major axis2,631 AU (inbound)
6,135 AU (outbound)
Eccentricity0.9999970(Epoch 2022-01-01)
1.0000129(Epoch 2024-06-16)
0.9999973(Epoch 2028-01-01)
Orbital period135,000 years (inbound)
450,500 years (outbound)
Inclination116.851°
Earth MOID0.483 AU
Jupiter MOID3.837 AU
Comet total
magnitude
(M1)
7.6
Comet nuclear
magnitude (M2)
12.4
Next perihelion13 January 2025

C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is a sungrazing comet.

It could become the brightest comet of 2025. It will maybe have an apparent magnitude that is stronger than −3.5. The comet is visible in the southern hemisphere before and after perihelion. It can only be observed in the daytime sky around perihelion in the northern hemisphere.

It will reach perihelion on 13 January 2025, at a distance of 0.09 AU from the Sun.

Discovery: The comet was first discovered thru a telescope in Chile (April 2024).[1]


  1. https://www.nrk.no/vestfoldogtelemark/ny-komet-pa-himmelen-denne-helga-1.17200460. Retrieved 2025-01-11

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