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Ephemeris Calculator

Compute Comet 9P/Tempel 1 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 9P/Tempel 1 from Earth?

The distance of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 from Earth is currently 369,088,706 kilometers, equivalent to 2.467206 Astronomical Units. Light takes 20 minutes and 31.1474 seconds to travel from Comet 9P/Tempel 1 and arrive to us.

369,088,706
2.467206
20 minutes and 31.1474 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 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 9P/Tempel 1 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 9P/Tempel 1 from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 to Earth happens on Sat Jun 16 2040 at a distance of 0.94638097 Astronomical Units, or 141,576,578 kilometers:

Sat Jun 16 2040
141,576,578
0.946381

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

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