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Ephemeris Calculator
Compute Comet C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) ephemerides for any date and time between 01 Jan 2000 and 01 Jan 2100 and display the predicted position in an interactive sky map.
How Far is Comet C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) from Earth?
The distance of Comet C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) from Earth is currently 112,181,764 kilometers, equivalent to 0.749889 Astronomical Units. Light takes 6 minutes and 14.1981 seconds to travel from Comet C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet C/2023 E1 (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.
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/2023 E1 (ATLAS) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) to Earth
Between January 2000 and January 2100 the closest approach of Comet C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) to Earth happens on Fri Aug 18 2023 at a distance of 0.37448720 Astronomical Units, or 56,022,488 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.