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Comets » Comet West (C/1975 V1-A)

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.

10,873,105,881
72.682224
10 hours, 4 minutes and 28.7773 seconds

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.

Distance of Comet West (C/1975 V1-A) from Earth between January 2013 and December 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 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:

Fri Jul 5 2013
9,235,797,721
61.737494

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

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