How Far is Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) from Earth?
The distance of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) from Earth is currently 947,122,076 kilometers, equivalent to 6.331120 Astronomical Units. Light takes 52 minutes and 39.2592 seconds to travel from Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) 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 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) to Earth
Between January 2000 and January 2100 the closest approach of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) to Earth happens on Sun Oct 13 2024 at a distance of 0.47612556 Astronomical Units, or 71,227,371 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.