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How Far is Comet C/2022 P1 (NEOWISE) from Earth?

The distance of Comet C/2022 P1 (NEOWISE) from Earth is currently 306,905,661 kilometers, equivalent to 2.051538 Astronomical Units. Light takes 17 minutes and 3.7271 seconds to travel from Comet C/2022 P1 (NEOWISE) and arrive to us.

306,905,661
2.051538
17 minutes and 3.7271 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Comet C/2022 P1 (NEOWISE) 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 P1 (NEOWISE) 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/2022 P1 (NEOWISE) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet C/2022 P1 (NEOWISE) to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet C/2022 P1 (NEOWISE) to Earth happens on Sun Sep 25 2022 at a distance of 0.84979436 Astronomical Units, or 127,127,427 kilometers:

Sun Sep 25 2022
127,127,427
0.849794

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

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