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Ephemeris Calculator

Compute Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos (Lost) ephemerides for any date and time between 01 Jan 2013 and 31 Dec 2100 and display the predicted position in an interactive sky map.

Time: : UTC

How Far is Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos (Lost) from Earth?

The distance of Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos (Lost) from Earth is currently 831,281,279 kilometers, equivalent to 5.556772 Astronomical Units. Light takes 46 minutes and 12.8559 seconds to travel from Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos (Lost) and arrive to us.

831,281,279
5.556772
46 minutes and 12.8559 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos (Lost) from Earth as a function of time. In the chart the distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with an interval of 1 day.

Distance of Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos (Lost) from Earth between January 2013 and December 2100

The value of the reported distance might be somewhat inaccurate around the times of closest approach for objects passing extremely close to Earth. The value of the distance of 18D/Perrine-Mrkos (Lost) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos (Lost) to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos (Lost) to Earth happens on Sun Nov 28 2032 at a distance of 0.78461006 Astronomical Units, or 117,375,995 kilometers:

Sun Nov 28 2032
117,375,995
0.784610

NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.

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