C/2024 A1 (ATLAS)

Type: Hyperbolic Perihelion date: 13 June 2025 Perihelion distance (q): 3.9 Aphelion distance (Q) : n/a Period (years): n/a Eccentricity (e): 1.0 Inclination (i): 94.4 JPL orbit diagram COBS lightcurve Atlas The ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) team discovered a 19th magnitude comet in images taken with the 0.5 m Schmidt at Rio Hurtado, Chile on 3 January 2024. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 05-Nov-24 17.3 0.4 10-Nov-24 16.9 0.4 03-Dec-24 17.6 0.4 29-Dec-24 17.4 0.4 03-Jan-25 17.1 0.4 06-Jan-25 17.1 0.4 03-Feb-25 17.3 0.4 15-Feb-25 17.1 0.4 25-Feb-25 16.6 0.4