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Ephemeris Calculator

Compute Eclipse comet (Comet C/1948 V1) ephemerides for any date and time between 01 Jan 1900 and 01 Jan 2100 and display the predicted position in an interactive sky map.

Time: : UTC

How Far is Eclipse comet (Comet C/1948 V1) from Earth?

The distance of Eclipse comet (Comet C/1948 V1) from Earth is currently 14,501,367,943 kilometers, equivalent to 96.935657 Astronomical Units. Light takes 13 hours, 26 minutes and 11.3568 seconds to travel from Eclipse comet (Comet C/1948 V1) and arrive to us.

14,501,367,943
96.935657
13 hours, 26 minutes and 11.3568 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Eclipse comet (Comet C/1948 V1) 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 Eclipse comet (Comet C/1948 V1) 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/1948 V1 (Eclipse comet) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Eclipse comet (Comet C/1948 V1) to Earth

Between January 1900 and January 2100 the closest approach of Eclipse comet (Comet C/1948 V1) to Earth happens on Wed Nov 24 1948 at a distance of 0.55571610 Astronomical Units, or 83,133,946 kilometers:

Wed Nov 24 1948
83,133,946
0.555716

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

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