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Comets » Comet C/2021 D2 (ZTF)

How Far is Comet C/2021 D2 (ZTF) from Earth?

The distance of Comet C/2021 D2 (ZTF) from Earth is currently 1,011,917,500 kilometers, equivalent to 6.764251 Astronomical Units. Light takes 56 minutes and 15.3935 seconds to travel from Comet C/2021 D2 (ZTF) and arrive to us.

1,011,917,500
6.764251
56 minutes and 15.3935 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Comet C/2021 D2 (ZTF) 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/2021 D2 (ZTF) 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/2021 D2 (ZTF) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet C/2021 D2 (ZTF) to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet C/2021 D2 (ZTF) to Earth happens on Tue Feb 8 2022 at a distance of 2.53647540 Astronomical Units, or 379,451,320 kilometers:

Tue Feb 8 2022
379,451,320
2.536475

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

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