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Ephemeris Calculator

Compute Comet West (C/1975 V1-A) ephemerides for any date and time between 01 Jan 1900 and 01 Jan 2100 and display the predicted position in an interactive sky map.

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How Far is Comet West (C/1975 V1-A) from Earth?

The distance of Comet West (C/1975 V1-A) from Earth is currently 10,721,815,337 kilometers, equivalent to 71.670909 Astronomical Units. Light takes 9 hours, 56 minutes and 4.1263 seconds to travel from Comet West (C/1975 V1-A) and arrive to us.

10,721,815,337
71.670909
9 hours, 56 minutes and 4.1263 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 1900 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 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 1900 and January 2100 the closest approach of Comet West (C/1975 V1-A) to Earth happens on Sun Feb 29 1976 at a distance of 0.79418136 Astronomical Units, or 118,807,840 kilometers:

Sun Feb 29 1976
118,807,840
0.794181

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

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