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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.

947,122,076
6.331120
52 minutes and 39.2592 seconds

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.

Distance of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) 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 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:

Sun Oct 13 2024
71,227,371
0.476126

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

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