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How Far is Comet C/2020 S3 (Erasmus) from Earth?

The distance of Comet C/2020 S3 (Erasmus) from Earth is currently 1,547,386,043 kilometers, equivalent to 10.343637 Astronomical Units. Light takes 1 hours, 26 minutes and 1.5243 seconds to travel from Comet C/2020 S3 (Erasmus) and arrive to us.

1,547,386,043
10.343637
1 hours, 26 minutes and 1.5243 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Comet C/2020 S3 (Erasmus) 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 C/2020 S3 (Erasmus) 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 S3 (Erasmus) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet C/2020 S3 (Erasmus) to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet C/2020 S3 (Erasmus) to Earth happens on Thu Nov 19 2020 at a distance of 1.03774739 Astronomical Units, or 155,244,800 kilometers:

Thu Nov 19 2020
155,244,800
1.037747

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

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