C/2024 G2 (ATLAS)

Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 13 June 2025 Perihelion distance (q): 5.3 Aphelion distance (Q) : 1,408 Period (years): 18,783 Eccentricity (e): 0.99 Inclination (i): 122.1 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 3 April 2024. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 21-Jan-26 18.5 0.2 25-Jan-26 18.6 0.2