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C/2024 L5 (ATLAS)

Basic Information of C/2024 L5 (ATLAS)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 3.432579
Eccentricity 1.036991
Inclination (deg) 166.572800
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 139.178000
Argument of perihelion (deg) 290.521700
Epoch 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000
Reference MPEC 2025-VD2, COBS 1 year

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2025-03-10T09:51:50.400

Finding Chart

Sky Tracks

C/2024 L5 (ATLAS) · Next 30 Days Steps: 3 days · geocentric

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 11:21:56.10 -00:33:11.2 4.462 10.00 303.9 HIP 55495 7.44
2025-11-22 11:21:42.83 -00:30:57.2 4.449 10.59 303.3 HIP 55495 6.22
2025-11-23 11:21:28.67 -00:28:37.7 4.435 11.19 302.7 HIP 55495 7.51
2025-11-24 11:21:13.61 -00:26:12.5 4.422 11.80 302.2 HIP 55495 10.71
2025-11-25 11:20:57.64 -00:23:41.5 4.408 12.43 301.8 HIP 55438 14.42
2025-11-26 11:20:40.73 -00:21:04.6 4.394 13.06 301.3 HIP 55438 18.19
2025-11-27 11:20:22.88 -00:18:21.6 4.380 13.71 300.9 HIP 55304 14.36
2025-11-28 11:20:04.07 -00:15:32.5 4.366 14.36 300.6 HIP 55304 8.89
2025-11-29 11:19:44.29 -00:12:37.1 4.352 15.03 300.3 HIP 55304 3.15
2025-11-30 11:19:23.53 -00:09:35.4 4.337 15.70 300.0 HIP 55304 2.89
2025-12-01 11:19:01.76 -00:06:27.2 4.323 16.39 299.7 HIP 55304 9.16
2025-12-02 11:18:38.99 -00:03:12.5 4.309 17.08 299.4 HIP 55304 15.71
2025-12-03 11:18:15.19 +00:00:09.0 4.294 17.78 299.2 HIP 55304 22.54
2025-12-04 11:17:50.35 +00:03:37.2 4.280 18.50 299.0 HIP 55304 29.65
2025-12-05 11:17:24.46 +00:07:12.3 4.265 19.22 298.8 HIP 55023 26.17
2025-12-06 11:16:57.51 +00:10:54.3 4.251 19.95 298.6 HIP 55023 23.18
2025-12-07 11:16:29.49 +00:14:43.4 4.236 19.95 298.6 HIP 55023 22.55