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C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is a non-periodic comet, which reached perihelion on 13 January 2025, at a distance of 0.09 AU (13 million km) from the Sun.Dubbed the Great Comet of 2025, it is currently the brightest comet of 2025, [6] with an apparent magnitude reaching −3.8 on the day of its perihelion. [5]
C/2024 L5 (ATLAS) is a comet that was discovered on 14 June 2024 as A117uUD by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), South Africa, Sutherland.It will reach perihelion on 10 March 2025 at 3.432 AU (513.4 million km) from the Sun. [4] [5]
Comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024) is predicted to be visible from parts of Earth throughout the month. On Jan. 13, the comet is expected to reach perihelion (its closest point to the Sun).
Earth at perihelion: 4 January, 17:24: Moon occults Saturn: 5 January, 15:17: Moon occults Neptune: ... This page was last edited on 3 January 2025, at 00:06 (UTC).
Experts say 2025 will be a particularly good year for the annual meteor shower as it will occur on a moonless night, allowing stargazers to see as many as 120 shooting stars per hour.
At perihelion, Earth is roughly 91.4 million miles away from the sun. On average, the planet is separated from the sun by a distance of approximately 93 million miles.
Periodic comets (also known as short-period comets) are comets with orbital periods of less than 200 years or that have been observed during more than a single perihelion passage [1] (e.g. 153P/Ikeya–Zhang). "Periodic comet" is also sometimes used to mean any comet with a periodic orbit, even if greater than 200 years.
2022 OB 5 is a small near-Earth asteroid that passed within 0.00679 AU (1,016,000 km) from Earth on 5 August 2022. [2] It is the primary target of AstroForge's Brokkr-2 (Odin) mission, which is planned for launch alongside IM-2 by February 2025, reaching the asteroid around December 2025. [3]