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C/2024 G2 (ATLAS)

Basic Information of C/2024 G2 (ATLAS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 5.348296
Eccentricity 0.992456
Inclination (deg) 122.121200
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 171.398800
Argument of perihelion (deg) 328.743000
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-W75, MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 18876.463523

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2025-06-13T13:38:47.040
Period (years) 18876.463523

Magnitude

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Ephemeris

Date (UTC) RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Δ (AU) Motion (arcsec/hr) Dir (deg) Nearest HIP Dist (arcmin)
2025-11-21 12:09:00.33 -12:15:29.8 6.033 10.70 61.4 HIP 59272 25.05
2025-11-22 12:09:15.71 -12:13:26.9 6.020 10.50 60.1 HIP 59272 22.26
2025-11-23 12:09:30.61 -12:11:21.0 6.008 10.31 58.6 HIP 59272 19.96
2025-11-24 12:09:45.01 -12:09:12.2 5.994 10.12 57.1 HIP 59272 18.26
2025-11-25 12:09:58.92 -12:07:00.2 5.981 9.93 55.5 HIP 59272 17.30
2025-11-26 12:10:12.31 -12:04:45.1 5.968 9.76 53.8 HIP 59410 15.21
2025-11-27 12:10:25.19 -12:02:26.8 5.954 9.59 52.0 HIP 59410 12.49
2025-11-28 12:10:37.54 -12:00:05.0 5.940 9.42 50.1 HIP 59410 10.68
2025-11-29 12:10:49.36 -11:57:39.8 5.927 9.27 48.1 HIP 59410 10.20
2025-11-30 12:11:00.64 -11:55:11.1 5.913 9.13 46.0 HIP 59410 11.16
2025-12-01 12:11:11.37 -11:52:38.7 5.898 9.00 43.7 HIP 59410 13.20
2025-12-02 12:11:21.55 -11:50:02.6 5.884 8.89 41.4 HIP 59410 15.88
2025-12-03 12:11:31.16 -11:47:22.7 5.869 8.79 39.0 HIP 59526 15.28
2025-12-04 12:11:40.21 -11:44:38.8 5.855 8.71 36.6 HIP 59526 12.04
2025-12-05 12:11:48.68 -11:41:51.0 5.840 8.64 34.0 HIP 59526 9.13
2025-12-06 12:11:56.57 -11:38:59.1 5.825 8.59 31.3 HIP 59526 6.93
2025-12-07 12:12:03.87 -11:36:02.9 5.810 8.59 31.3 HIP 59526 6.20