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C/2022 F1 (ATLAS)

ATLAS is a comet in the Comet orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 5.97 AU to 18,678.07 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 902,962.1 years. Orbit from the JPL solution of 11 August 2024.

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
11.653 AU
True anomaly
88.56°
Distance from Earth
10.891 AU
As of
25 October 2026

Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.

Sun Earth — 0.994 AU from the Sun Earth ATLAS — 11.653 AU from the Sun ATLAS
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. ATLAS is 10.891 AU from Earth today (1.5 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
23h 17m 13s
Declination
+02° 08′ 52″
Constellation
Pisces
Distance from Earth
10.9 AU
Elongation from the Sun
137.69° — well clear of the Sun

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis
9,342.022 AU
Eccentricity
0.9994
Inclination
57.97°
Orbital period
902,962.1 years
Perihelion
5.975 AU
Aphelion
18,678.069 AU
Longitude of ascending node
350.65°
Argument of periapsis
278.28°
Epoch · J2000
2460041.5
Orbit class · COM
Comet
Earth MOID · 2,131.0 LD
5.4759 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
1.608

Orbit quality

Observations used
133
Data arc
857 days
First observed
30 March 2022
Last observed
3 August 2024
Residual RMS
0.49 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
11 August 2024

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
6.6
Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 10.5
6.6

Discovery & classification

Also known as 2022 F1

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