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Ephemeris Calculator

Compute Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) 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 SWAN (C/2020 F8) from Earth?

The distance of Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) from Earth is currently 894,395,837 kilometers, equivalent to 5.978667 Astronomical Units. Light takes 49 minutes and 43.3834 seconds to travel from Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) and arrive to us.

894,395,837
5.978667
49 minutes and 43.3834 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) 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 SWAN (C/2020 F8) 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 C/2020 F8 (SWAN) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) to Earth happens on Wed May 13 2020 at a distance of 0.55596061 Astronomical Units, or 83,170,523 kilometers:

Wed May 13 2020
83,170,523
0.555961

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

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