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)
- Launch Library 2 (upcoming launches, space stations)
- NOAA (space weather)
- NASA Image and Video Library
- CelesTrak (satcat)
- NASA MMGIS (Perseverance)
- NASA GSFC PSG (Mars weather simulation)
- CNEOS (fireballs)
- JPL Sentry (asteroid impacts)
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2026-04-07 17:00:00 UTC (Delta: 3 hours)
WHERE IS ARTEMIS II?
- Mission Elapsed Time: 05:18:24:48
- Geocentric speed: 0.58 km/s (+0.03 km/s)
⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 63,078.15 km (+9,848.86 km)
- Light travel time: 0.21 s (+0.03 s)
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 376,985.62 km (-5,938.19 km)
- Light travel time: 1.26 s (-0.02 s)
🏆️ Record tracker
- Apollo 13: 400,171 km
- ██████████ 101.64%
- New record set: 406,740 km
2026-04-07 14:00:00 UTC (Delta: 3 hours)
WHERE IS ARTEMIS II?
- Mission Elapsed Time: 05:15:24:48
- Geocentric speed: 0.55 km/s (+0.03 km/s)
⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 53,229.30 km (+9,974.49 km)
- Light travel time: 0.18 s (+0.03 s)
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 382,923.81 km (-5,674.44 km)
- Light travel time: 1.28 s (-0.02 s)
🏆️ Record tracker
- Apollo 13: 400,171 km
- ██████████ 101.64%
- New record set: 406,740 km
2026-04-07 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-03-31)
VENUS
- Distance (km): 231,068,284.38 km (-3,926,005.91 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.54 (-0.03)
- Light travel time: 12 min 50.76 s (-13.10 s)
- Orbital speed: 35.14 km/s (+0.04 km/s)
Image: Venus - Global View Centered at 180 degrees
Credit: NASA/JPL
2026-04-07 11:00:00 UTC (Delta: 3 hours)
WHERE IS ARTEMIS II?
- Mission Elapsed Time: 05:12:24:48
- Geocentric speed: 0.53 km/s (+0.03 km/s)
⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 43,254.80 km (+10,114.45 km)
- Light travel time: 0.14 s (+0.03 s)
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 388,598.25 km (-5,423.13 km)
- Light travel time: 1.30 s (-0.02 s)
🏆️ Record tracker
- Apollo 13: 400,171 km
- ██████████ 101.64%
- New record set: 406,740 km
2026-04-07 08:00:00 UTC (Delta: 3 hours)
WHERE IS ARTEMIS II?
- Mission Elapsed Time: 05:09:24:48
- Geocentric speed: 0.50 km/s (+0.03 km/s)
⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 33,140.36 km (+10,236.61 km)
- Light travel time: 0.11 s (+0.03 s)
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 394,021.38 km (-5,167.17 km)
- Light travel time: 1.31 s (-0.02 s)
🏆️ Record tracker
- Apollo 13: 400,171 km
- ██████████ 101.64%
- New record set: 406,740 km
2026-04-07 05:00:00 UTC (Delta: 3 hours)
WHERE IS ARTEMIS II?
- Mission Elapsed Time: 05:06:24:48
- Geocentric speed: 0.47 km/s (+0.03 km/s)
⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 22,907.68 km (+10,061.50 km)
- Light travel time: 0.08 s (+0.03 s)
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 399,187.41 km (-4,775.23 km)
- Light travel time: 1.33 s (-0.02 s)
🏆️ Record tracker
- Apollo 13: 400,171 km
- ██████████ 101.64%
- New record set: 406,740 km
2026-04-07 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-04-06)
☄️88P/HOWELL
- Barycentric speed: 31.72 km/s (-0.02 km/s)
- Perihelion - occured
- Closest approach to Earth in: 185 days
- Brightness (Mag): 14.78 (+0.00)
- Visibility: Both hemispheres | Small/medium telescope | Dark sky
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 293,583,561.86 km (-125,306.74 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.96 (-0.00)
- Light travel time: 16 min 19.32 s (-0.42 s)
2026-04-07 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-04-06)
☄️C/2025 R3 PANSTARRS
- Barycentric speed: 55.08 km/s (+0.58 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 12 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 19 days
- Brightness (Mag): 9.51 (-0.18)
- Visibility: Both hemispheres | Binoculars | Suburban sky
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 154,651,506.28 km (-5,409,728.72 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.03 (-0.04)
- Light travel time: 8 min 35.88 s (-18.05 s)
A WEEK IN ORBITAL HOARDING
15/2026
🌐️ CATALOGED OBJECTS IN ORBIT: 33,392
🛰 Active spacecraft: 15,369
💤 Nonoperational spacecraft: 3,015
🚀 Rocket bodies: 2,396
❓ Unknown objects: 61
🗑️ Debris >10 cm: 12,551
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