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'''C/2019 E3 (ATLAS)''' is a [[long-period comet]] discovered on on March 5, 2019 by ATLAS ([[Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System]]).<ref name="MPEC 2019-F54">{{cite web |title=MPEC 2019-F54 : COMET C/2019 E3 (ATLAS) |url=https://minorplanetcenter.net//mpec/K19/K19F54.html |publisher=[[IAU Minor Planet Center]] |accessdate=31 May 2019}} </ref> It has a semimajor axis of 1048 AU and will reach its perihelion of 10.36 AU on November 12, 2023.<ref name="JPL SBDB">{{cite web |title=C/2019 E3 (ATLAS) |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2019%20E3 |website=JPL Small-Body Database Browser |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref> C/2019 E3 (ATLAS) is the third comet discovered with a perihelion beyond 10 AU, the other two being 167P/CINEOS and C/2003 A2 (Gleason).<ref name="HP comets">{{cite web |last1=Fernandez |first1=Yan |title=List of Jupiter-Family and Halley-Family Comets |url=https://www.physics.ucf.edu/~yfernandez/cometlist.html#hp |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref>