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Comets » Comet C/2022 A3 (Lemmon-ATLAS)

How Far is Comet C/2022 A3 (Lemmon-ATLAS) from Earth?

The distance of Comet C/2022 A3 (Lemmon-ATLAS) from Earth is currently 643,939,141 kilometers, equivalent to 4.304467 Astronomical Units. Light takes 35 minutes and 47.9498 seconds to travel from Comet C/2022 A3 (Lemmon-ATLAS) and arrive to us.

643,939,141
4.304467
35 minutes and 47.9498 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Comet C/2022 A3 (Lemmon-ATLAS) 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/2022 A3 (Lemmon-ATLAS) from Earth between January 2000 and January 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/2022 A3 (Lemmon-ATLAS) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet C/2022 A3 (Lemmon-ATLAS) to Earth

Between January 2000 and January 2100 the closest approach of Comet C/2022 A3 (Lemmon-ATLAS) to Earth happens on Fri Feb 24 2023 at a distance of 3.24234398 Astronomical Units, or 485,047,757 kilometers:

Fri Feb 24 2023
485,047,757
3.242344

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

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