C/2024 X2 (ATLAS)

Type: Periodic Perihelion date: 8 July 2025 Perihelion distance (q): 3.7 Aphelion distance (Q) : 98.6 Period (years): 366 Eccentricity (e): 0.93 Inclination (i): 109.2 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 12 December 2024. Observations (VEMag = visual equivalent magnitude) Date 10x10 mag Error VEmag Coma ' 15-Dec-25 18.9 0.2 22-Jan-26 19.1 0.2 26-Jan-26 18.9 0.2 07-Feb-26 19.1 0.2 11-Feb-26 19.2 0.2 17-Feb-26 19.7 0.2 21-Feb-26 19.7 0.2