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Close encounter of C/2024 L5 (ATLAS) with Saturn. Top panel: minimum approach distance (color-coded) as a function of the values of (q, e) at t = 0. Median values are shown as continuous (green for e, orange for q) lines, 16th and 84th percentiles as dashed lines. Middle panel: distribution of minimum approach distances, the median and 16th and 84th percentiles, 0.0027±0.0003 au, are shown in green, the Hill radius of Saturn is 0.412 au (in orange), and the Roche radius is 0.000932 au (in red). Bottom panel: distribution of calendar dates for the flyby, the median and 16th and 84th percentiles (in red) are 2022-Jan.-24 04:25±02:38. The output cadence (time resolution) in our calculations was 0.877 h.
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