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Comets » Comet P/2022 L3 (ATLAS)

How Far is Comet P/2022 L3 (ATLAS) from Earth?

The distance of Comet P/2022 L3 (ATLAS) from Earth is currently 541,588,642 kilometers, equivalent to 3.620296 Astronomical Units. Light takes 30 minutes and 6.5453 seconds to travel from Comet P/2022 L3 (ATLAS) and arrive to us.

541,588,642
3.620296
30 minutes and 6.5453 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Comet P/2022 L3 (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.

Distance of Comet P/2022 L3 (ATLAS) 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 P/2022 L3 (ATLAS) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet P/2022 L3 (ATLAS) to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet P/2022 L3 (ATLAS) to Earth happens on Tue Nov 1 2022 at a distance of 1.43221088 Astronomical Units, or 214,255,698 kilometers:

Tue Nov 1 2022
214,255,698
1.432211

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

See Also

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