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Ephemeris Calculator
Compute Comet C/2022 W3 (Leonard) ephemerides for any date and time between 01 Jan 2014 and 01 Jan 2100 and display the predicted position in an interactive sky map.
How Far is Comet C/2022 W3 (Leonard) from Earth?
The distance of Comet C/2022 W3 (Leonard) from Earth is currently 284,286,245 kilometers, equivalent to 1.900336 Astronomical Units. Light takes 15 minutes and 48.2768 seconds to travel from Comet C/2022 W3 (Leonard) and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet C/2022 W3 (Leonard) 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.
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 W3 (Leonard) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet C/2022 W3 (Leonard) to Earth
Between January 2014 and January 2100 the closest approach of Comet C/2022 W3 (Leonard) to Earth happens on Tue Aug 15 2023 at a distance of 0.75731638 Astronomical Units, or 113,292,919 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.