C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)

Type: Hyperbolic Perihelion date: 6 May 2027 Perihelion distance (q): 3.8 Aphelion distance (Q) : n/a Period (years): n/a Eccentricity (e): 1.00 Inclination (i): 52.4 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 Sutherland, South Africa on 2 October 2024. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 13-Jan-26 15.1 0.5 24-Jan-26 15.1 0.4