C/2023 C2 (ATLAS)

Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 16 November 2024 Perihelion distance (q): 2.4 Aphelion distance (Q) : 5,644 Period (years): 149,992 Eccentricity (e): 1.0 Inclination (i): 48.3 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve Atlas The ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) team discovered a 19th magnitude object in images taken with the 0.5 m Schmidt at Rio Hurtado, Chile on 1 February 2023. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 30-Apr-25 15.7 0.4 14-May-25 15.8 0.4 03-Aug-25 16.0 0.4 20-Aug-25 16.0 0.3 03-Sep-25 16.1 0.3 25-Sep-25 16.3 0.3 01-Oct-25 16.1 0.3 08-Dec-25 17.0 0.2