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Ephemeris Calculator
Compute Comet West (C/1975 V1-A) ephemerides for any date and time between 01 Jan 2013 and 31 Dec 2100 and display the predicted position in an interactive sky map.
How Far is Comet West (C/1975 V1-A) from Earth?
The distance of Comet West (C/1975 V1-A) from Earth is currently 10,873,105,881 kilometers, equivalent to 72.682224 Astronomical Units. Light takes 10 hours, 4 minutes and 28.7773 seconds to travel from Comet West (C/1975 V1-A) and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet West (C/1975 V1-A) 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/1975 V1-A (West) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet West (C/1975 V1-A) to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet West (C/1975 V1-A) to Earth happens on Fri Jul 5 2013 at a distance of 61.73749438 Astronomical Units, or 9,235,797,721 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.