3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1)

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) observational & orbital reference: consolidated assets, recent observation logs, and authoritative orbit data.

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Orbit Data

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Raw orbit JSON
{
  "designation": "C/2025 N1 (ATLAS)",
  "epoch": "2460891.5",
  "elements": {
    "q": 1.36,
    "e": 6.14,
    "i": 175,
    "omega": 128,
    "node": 322,
    "M": -629,
    "tp": 2460977.982
  },
  "source": "JPL SBDB API - https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.api?des=C%2F2025%20N1&phys-par=1 (retrieved 2025-12-14T12:13:56.036Z)",
  "raw": {
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      "orbit_id": "42",
      "fullname": "C/2025 N1 (ATLAS)",
      "prefix": "C",
      "kind": "cu",
      "des": "2025 N1",
      "orbit_class": {
        "code": "HYP",
        "name": "Hyperbolic Comet"
      },
      "pha": false,
      "spkid": "1004083",
      "neo": false
    },
    "signature": {
      "version": "1.3",
      "source": "NASA/JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB) API"
    },
    "phys_par": [
      {
        "notes": "2 parameter fit from 713 observations, autocmod 3.0g",
        "desc": "absolute magnitude of comet and coma (i.e. total)",
        "sigma": "0.9",
        "units": null,
        "value": "12.5",
        "title": "comet total magnitude",
        "name": "M1",
        "ref": "42"
      },
      {
        "notes": "autocmod 3.0g",
        "desc": "comet total magnitude slope parameter",
        "sigma": null,
        "units": null,
        "value": "4.5",
        "name": "K1",
        "title": "comet total magnitude slope",
        "ref": "42"
      }
    ],
    "orbit": {
      "sb_used": "SB441-N16",
      "epoch": "2460891.5",
      "cov_epoch": "2460891.5",
      "soln_date": "2025-12-11 08:30:40",
      "condition_code": null,
      "last_obs": "2025-12-10",
      "n_obs_used": 758,
      "two_body": null,
      "orbit_id": "42",
      "n_dop_obs_used": null,
      "data_arc": "209",
      "equinox": "J2000",
      "source": "JPL",
      "comment": "Nongravitational accels. using g(r) = (1 au/ r)^2 for CO2",
      "moid_jup": "0.247",
      "producer": "Davide Farnocchia",
      "rms": "0.41",
      "elements": [
        {
          "title": "eccentricity",
          "name": "e",
          "value": "6.14",
          "label": "e",
          "sigma": "2.1e-05",
          "units": null
        },
        {
          "name": "a",
          "title": "semi-major axis",
          "value": "-0.264",
          "units": "au",
          "label": "a",
          "sigma": "6.9e-07"
        },
        {
          "value": "1.36",
          "title": "perihelion distance",
          "name": "q",
          "sigma": "2.5e-06",
          "label": "q",
          "units": "au"
        },
        {
          "label": "i",
          "sigma": "1.5e-05",
          "units": "deg",
          "title": "inclination; angle with respect to x-y ecliptic plane",
          "name": "i",
          "value": "175"
        },
        {
          "units": "deg",
          "sigma": "0.00022",
          "label": "node",
          "value": "322",
          "title": "longitude of the ascending node",
          "name": "om"
        },
        {
          "units": "deg",
          "sigma": "0.00023",
          "label": "peri",
          "value": "128",
          "title": "argument of perihelion",
          "name": "w"
        },
        {
          "sigma": "0.0022",
          "label": "M",
          "units": "deg",
          "name": "ma",
          "title": "mean anomaly",
          "value": "-629"
        },
        {
          "sigma": "3.9e-05",
          "label": "tp",
          "units": "TDB",
          "title": "time of perihelion passage",
          "value": "2460977.982",
          "name": "tp"
        },
        {
          "label": "period",
          "sigma": null,
          "units": "d",
          "title": "sidereal orbital period",
          "value": null,
          "name": "per"
        },
        {
          "label": "n",
          "sigma": "2.8e-05",
          "units": "deg/d",
          "title": "mean motion",
          "name": "n",
          "value": "7.27"
        },
        {
          "sigma": null,
          "label": "Q",
          "units": "au",
          "name": "ad",
          "title": "aphelion distance",
          "value": null
        }
      ],
      "first_obs": "2025-05-15",
      "not_valid_after": null,
      "t_jup": null,
      "moid": "0.365",
      "pe_used": "DE441",
      "not_valid_before": null,
      "model_pars": [
        {
          "sigma": "4.056E-9",
          "desc": "non-gravitational radial acceleration parameter",
          "n": 1,
          "kind": "EST",
          "units": "au/d^2",
          "name": "A1",
          "value": "4.368e-08",
          "title": "non-grav. radial accel."
        },
        {
          "n": 2,
          "sigma": "5.48E-9",
          "desc": "non-gravitational transverse acceleration parameter",
          "value": "1.596e-08",
          "title": "non-grav. transverse accel.",
          "name": "A2",
          "units": "au/d^2",
          "kind": "EST"
        },
        {
          "n": 3,
          "desc": "non-gravitational normal acceleration parameter",
          "sigma": "5.358E-10",
          "title": "non-grav. normal accel.",
          "value": "-5.178e-09",
          "name": "A3",
          "units": "au/d^2",
          "kind": "EST"
        },
        {
          "n": 0,
          "desc": "normalizing factor [default 0.1112620426]",
          "sigma": null,
          "title": "normalizing factor",
          "value": "1.",
          "name": "ALN",
          "kind": "SET",
          "units": null
        },
        {
          "desc": "non-grav. model constant, exponent k [default 4.6142]",
          "sigma": null,
          "n": 0,
          "units": null,
          "kind": "SET",
          "value": "0.",
          "name": "NK",
          "title": "non-grav. model exp. k"
        },
        {
          "value": "2.",
          "title": "non-grav. model exp. m",
          "name": "NM",
          "units": null,
          "kind": "SET",
          "n": 0,
          "sigma": null,
          "desc": "non-grav. model constant, exponent m [default 2.15]"
        },
        {
          "name": "NN",
          "value": "0.",
          "title": "non-grav. model exp. n",
          "units": null,
          "kind": "SET",
          "n": 0,
          "desc": "non-grav. model constant, exponent n [default 5.093]",
          "sigma": null
        },
        {
          "desc": "normalizing distance, au [default 2.808 au]",
          "sigma": null,
          "n": 0,
          "units": "au",
          "kind": "SET",
          "title": "normalizing distance",
          "value": "1.",
          "name": "R0"
        }
      ],
      "n_del_obs_used": null
    }
  },
  "generated": "2025-12-14T12:13:56.036Z"
}

Atlas Summary

Download JSONorbit: orbit-data-2025-12-14.json

Designation

C/2025 N1

Files listed: 2 · Media: 1

Elements (q e i)

1.36 · 6.14 · 175

Node Ω: 322 · ω: 128

Data freshness

Atlas snapshot: 0m ago
Orbit snapshot: 0m ago

Epoch / Perihelion

JD 2460891.5
2025-08-04 00:00:00
tp: 2025-10-29 11:34:04

Span / Quality

2025-05-15 2025-12-10
n_obs: 758 · rms: 0.41

MOID / Class

MOID: 0.365 au
Class: Hyperbolic Comet

Trend

Δm 2.30 (18.215.9)
Last obs: 2415h ago

Snapshot

2025-12-14 12:13:56.036Z

Files

  • orbit-data-2025-09-13.jsondl
  • observations-2025-09.csvdl

Recent Observations (last 3)

  • 2025-09-0515.9
  • 2025-08-3016.8
  • 2025-08-1518.2
Raw Atlas JSON (original)
{
  "files": [
    {
      "title": "orbit-data-2025-09-13.json",
      "desc": "Predicted ephemeris and orbital elements.",
      "size": "12 KB",
      "path": "/data/orbit-data-2025-09-13.json"
    },
    {
      "title": "observations-2025-09.csv",
      "desc": "Recent observations from ground telescopes.",
      "size": "48 KB",
      "path": "/data/observations-2025-09.csv"
    }
  ],
  "media": [
    {
      "type": "image",
      "src": "/resources/sample-comet.jpg",
      "alt": "31Atlas composite"
    }
  ]
}