&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:C2024S1_20241011.png) The comet on 11 October 2024 | |
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | R. Siverd |
| Discovery site | ATLAS-HKO |
| Discovery date | 27 September 2024 |
| Designations | |
| A11bP7I | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch | 6 October 2024 (JD 2460589.5) |
| Observation arc | 26 days |
| Number of observations | 291 |
| Orbit type | Kreutz sungrazer |
| Aphelion | 193.719 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.0080 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 96.863 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.9999 |
| Orbital period | 953.339 years |
| Inclination | 141.899° |
| 347.127° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 69.148° |
| Last perihelion | 28 October 2024 |
| Earth MOID | 0.515 AU (77.0 million km; 200 LD) |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.291 AU (43.5 million km; 113 LD) |
| Comet total magnitude (M1) | 15.3 |
C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) (previously had the temporary designation A11bP7I) was a sungrazing comet that was discovered by ATLAS-HKO in Hawaii on 27 September 2024. The comet passed its perihelion on 28 October 2024, at a distance of about 0.008 AU (1.2 million km; 0.74 million mi) from the barycenter of the Solar System,[1] and disintegrated. The comet had a similar orbit to the Kreutz sungrazers, which were created by the fragmentation of a large comet.