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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]
C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is a partially disintegrated 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 ]
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).
Comet Swift–Tuttle (source of the Perseids) comes to perihelion. [44] 2126 July 29 At 16:08 UTC, Mercury will occult Mars. [31] [42] [45] 2130 March 10 At 07:32 UTC, Sun passes through the Solar System barycenter. [46] 2133 December 3 At 14:10 UTC, Mercury will occult Venus. [31] [42] 2134 March 27 Halley's Comet will be at perihelion during ...
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.
21P/Giacobini-Zinner will next pass perihelion on 25 March 2025, and will have its closest approach to Earth 4 days before, on 21 March. It is expected to brighten to magnitude ~11. [ 9 ]
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).
Perihelion presently occurs around 3 January, while aphelion is around 4 July. ... This page was last edited on 6 February 2025, ... Date Season duration 2005