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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 ]
It will reach perihelion on 10 March 2025 at 3.432 AU (513.4 million km) from the Sun. [4] [5] It is the second known Solar System comet to become interstellar after experiencing a planetary encounter. [5] [1] C/1980 E1 (Bowell) reached a hyperbolic trajectory after an encounter with Jupiter on 9 December 1980.
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).
January 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM. The comet was seen from the International Space Station over the weekend [Don Pettit/NASA] ... On Monday, the comet was at perihelion, the point at which it is closest ...
Dwarf planet 90377 Sedna will reach its perihelion of 76 AU from the Sun. [34] 2079 August 11 Mercury occults Mars, the first since at least 1708. [31] 2083 A star system known as "V Sagittae" is expected to go nova this year (+/- 11 years). 2084 November 10 Transit of Earth as seen from Mars, the first and the only one in this century. 2085 ...
23rd perihelion: 20 April Lucy: Flyby of asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson: Target altitude 922 km 6 May Hakuto-R Mission 2: Lunar orbit insertion 5 June Hakuto-R Mission 2 Lunar landing Landing targeted for Mare Frigoris: 19 June Parker Solar Probe: 24th perihelion: 31 August JUICE: Gravity assist at Venus 15 September Parker Solar Probe: 25th ...
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.
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).