C/2024 X2 ( ATLAS )

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Updated on December 28, 2024

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* Profile

Discovery Date December 12, 2024
Magnitude 18.8 mag
Discoverer Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) search program

* Orbital Elements

Epoch 2024 Oct. 17.0 TT = JDT 2460600.5                                         
T 2025 July 5.84457 TT                                  Veres                   
q   3.6778354            (2000.0)            P               Q                  
z  +0.0237236      Peri.  315.43504     -0.57903192     -0.18264658             
 +/-0.0133738      Node   122.73135     +0.69923468     +0.38993789             
e   0.9127486      Incl.  109.16695     -0.41927663     +0.90254566             
From 51 observations 2024 Dec. 12-21, mean residual 0".6.                       

* Magnitudes Graph

        m1 = 9.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

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The orbital elements are published on M.P.E.C. 2024-Y71.
The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.

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