This bot posts daily updates on Earth's distances from its awkward neighbors, along with other bizarre weekly bulletins from the solar system.
Data sources:
- JPL Horizons (ephemeris data)
- NASA Image and Video Library (planets)
- JPL Sentry (asteroid impacts)
- Launch Library 2 (upcoming launches, space stations)
- NOAA (space weather)
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2025-12-27 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2025-12-26)
βοΈC/2025 R3 PANSTARRS
- Barycentric speed: 28.45 km/s (+0.09 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 114 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 120 days
- Brightness (Mag): 18.16 (-0.01)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Large telescope | Dark sky
π Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 342,168,758.05 km (+533,275.98 km)
- Distance (AU): 2.29 (+0.00)
- Light travel time: 19 min 1.39 s (+1.78 s)
2025-12-27 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2025-12-26)
βοΈC/2024 E1 WIERZCHOΕ
- Barycentric speed: 47.52 km/s (+0.44 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 25 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 52 days
- Brightness (Mag): 12.10 (-0.06)
- Visibility: Southern hemisphere | Small telescope | Urban sky
π Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 263,046,427.17 km (-1,988,414.65 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.76 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 14 min 37.46 s (-6.63 s)
2025-12-27 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2025-12-26)
βοΈ210P/CHRISTENSEN
- Barycentric speed: 41.86 km/s (-0.41 km/s)
- Perihelion - occured
- Closest approach to Earth - occurred
- Brightness (Mag): 15.10 (+0.13)
- Visibility: Both hemispheres | Small/medium telescope | Dark sky
π Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 154,675,139.47 km (+1,594,747.98 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.03 (+0.01)
- Light travel time: 8 min 35.96 s (+5.32 s)
THE WEEKLY SPIN
52/2025
2025-12-27 00:00:00 UTC
HOW IS SPACE WEATHER NOW?
CURRENT CONDITIONS:
π‘ Solar Wind: 511.0 km/s (1 h avg)
FORECAST FOR TODAY:
π’ Radio Blackout: R0
- No effects
π’ Solar Radiation Storm: S0
- No effects
π’ Geomagnetic Storm: G0
- No effects
2025-12-27 00:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2025-12-26)
INTERSTELLAR VISITOR: 3I/ATLAS
- Barycentric speed: 63.77 km/s (-0.07 km/s)
- Closest approach to Jupiter in: 79 days
π Relative to Jupiter
- Distance (km): 458,675,824.55 km (-5,768,601.72 km)
- Distance (AU): 3.07 (-0.04)
- Light travel time: 25 min 30.02 s (-19.24 s)
π Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 273,005,536.10 km (+1,009,653.88 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.82 (+0.01)
- Light travel time: 15 min 10.68 s (+3.37 s)
2025-12-27 00:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2025-12-26)
SUN
- Distance: 147,128,083.37 km (-7,255.09 km)
- Light travel time: 8 min 10.77 s (-0.02 s)
MOON
- Distance: 380,073.82 km (-4,535.24 km)
- Light travel time: 1.27 s (-0.02 s)
- Geocentric speed: 1.03 km/s (+0.01 km/s)
MARS
- Distance: 361,187,471.91 km (-101,177.41 km)
- Firmware updates will reach the tinfoil hats in 20 min 4.79 s (-0.34 s)
- Heliocentric speed: 25.59 km/s (+0.02 km/s)
2025-12-26 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2025-12-19)
WHERE IS OSIRIS-APEX?
- Barycentric speed: 35.39 km/s (-0.47 km/s)
- Rendezvous with Apophis in: 1211 days
πͺ¨ Relative to Apophis
- Distance (km): 236,774,751.58 km (+443,081.90 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.58 (+0.00)
- Light travel time: 13 min 9.82 s (+1.48 s)
π Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 70,387,994.93 km (+5,583,971.04 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.47 (+0.04)
- Light travel time: 3 min 54.80 s (+18.63 s)
