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&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:C2024_G3_(ATLAS)_1108672.jpg) The comet on 10 January 2025 in twilight | |
| Discovery[1][2] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | T. Linder |
| Discovery site | ATLAS-W68 |
| Discovery date | 5 April 2024 |
| Orbital characteristics[3] | |
| Epoch | 16 June 2024 (JD 2460477.5) |
| Observation arc | 267 days |
| 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° |
| 220.331° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 108.125° |
| Next perihelion | 13 January 2025 |
| Earth MOID | 0.483 AU |
| Jupiter MOID | 3.837 AU |
| Comet total magnitude (M1) | 7.6 |
| Comet nuclear magnitude (M2) | 12.4 |
C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is a long-period, sungrazing comet, which will reach perihelion on 13 January 2025, at a distance of 0.09 AU from the Sun. It could become the brightest comet of 2025,[4] possibly exceeding apparent magnitude of −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.[5]
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