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Ephemeris Calculator

Compute Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEAT 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 204P/LINEAR-NEAT from Earth?

The distance of Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEAT from Earth is currently 672,450,678 kilometers, equivalent to 4.495055 Astronomical Units. Light takes 37 minutes and 23.0540 seconds to travel from Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEAT and arrive to us.

672,450,678
4.495055
37 minutes and 23.0540 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEAT 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 204P/LINEAR-NEAT 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 204P/LINEAR-NEAT from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEAT to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEAT to Earth happens on Mon Jan 18 2016 at a distance of 0.97600830 Astronomical Units, or 146,008,764 kilometers:

Mon Jan 18 2016
146,008,764
0.976008

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

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