Discovery | |
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Discovered by | T. Linder |
Discovery date | 5 April 2024 |
Orbital characteristics A | |
Epoch | 16 June 2024 (JD 2460477.5) |
Number of observations | 294 |
Perihelion | 0.093 AU |
Semi-major axis | 2,631 AU (inbound) 6,135 AU (outbound) |
Eccentricity | 0.9999970(Epoch 2022-01-01) 1.0000129(Epoch 2024-06-16) 0.9999973(Epoch 2028-01-01) |
Orbital period | 135,000 years (inbound) 450,500 years (outbound) |
Inclination | 116.851° |
Earth MOID | 0.483 AU |
Jupiter MOID | 3.837 AU |
Comet total magnitude (M1) | 7.6 |
Comet nuclear magnitude (M2) | 12.4 |
Next perihelion | 13 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]