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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2026-04-08 05:00:00 UTC (Delta: 3 hours)
WHERE IS ARTEMIS II?
- Mission Elapsed Time: 06:06:24:48
- Geocentric speed: 0.70 km/s (+0.03 km/s)
⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 101,511.58 km (+9,489.12 km)
- Light travel time: 0.34 s (+0.03 s)
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 350,298.90 km (-7,141.60 km)
- Light travel time: 1.17 s (-0.02 s)
🏆️ Record tracker
- Apollo 13: 400,171 km
- ██████████ 101.64%
- New record set: 406,740 km
2026-04-08 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-04-07)
☄️88P/HOWELL
- Barycentric speed: 31.69 km/s (-0.03 km/s)
- Perihelion - occured
- Closest approach to Earth in: 184 days
- Brightness (Mag): 14.78 (+0.00)
- Visibility: Both hemispheres | Small/medium telescope | Dark sky
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 293,465,687.03 km (-117,874.83 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.96 (-0.00)
- Light travel time: 16 min 18.93 s (-0.39 s)
2026-04-08 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-04-07)
☄️C/2025 R3 PANSTARRS
- Barycentric speed: 55.65 km/s (+0.57 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 11 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 18 days
- Brightness (Mag): 9.33 (-0.18)
- Visibility: Both hemispheres | Binoculars | Suburban sky
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 149,183,019.67 km (-5,468,486.61 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.00 (-0.04)
- Light travel time: 8 min 17.64 s (-18.24 s)
FROM MARS WITH LOVE, PERCY
15/2026
🤖 PERSEVERANCE
📆 Mission Sol: 1824
🏎️ Latest Drive Sol: 1819
🚩 Total Distance: 41.57 km
📈 Past 7 Days: 20 m
Local Conditions:
📆 Sol 498, Mars Year 38
🌪️ Season: Autumn
🕙 LTST: 18:35 (Night)
🌍 Earth UTC: 03:00
🌡️ Air Temp: -58°C / -72°F
🌡️ Surface Temp: -63°C / -82°F
🌬️ Wind: 18.8 km/h W
📉 Pressure: 7.5 hPa
2026-04-08 02:00:00 UTC (Delta: 3 hours)
WHERE IS ARTEMIS II?
- Mission Elapsed Time: 06:03:24:48
- Geocentric speed: 0.67 km/s (+0.03 km/s)
⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 92,023.42 km (+9,561.62 km)
- Light travel time: 0.31 s (+0.03 s)
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 357,439.78 km (-6,818.05 km)
- Light travel time: 1.19 s (-0.02 s)
🏆️ Record tracker
- Apollo 13: 400,171 km
- ██████████ 101.64%
- New record set: 406,740 km
2026-04-08 00:00:00 UTC
HOW IS SPACE WEATHER NOW?
CURRENT CONDITIONS:
🟡 Solar Wind: 415.9 km/s (1 h avg)
FORECAST FOR TODAY:
🟢 Radio Blackout: R0
- No effects
🟡 Solar Radiation Storm: S1
- The HF radio signal in polar regions is meh
🟢 Geomagnetic Storm: G0
- No effects
2026-04-08 00:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-04-07)
INTERSTELLAR VISITOR: 3I/ATLAS
- Barycentric speed: 60.55 km/s (-0.01 km/s)
- Crossing the Saturn's orbit in: 93 days
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 882,474,119.70 km (+7,762,220.27 km)
- Distance (AU): 5.90 (+0.05)
- Light travel time: 49 min 3.71 s (+25.89 s)
2026-04-08 00:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-04-07)
SUN
- Distance: 149,764,133.33 km (+43,574.99 km)
- Light travel time: 8 min 19.56 s (+0.15 s)
MOON
- Distance: 404,691.11 km (-175.01 km)
- Light travel time: 1.35 s (-0.00 s)
- Geocentric speed: 0.97 km/s (-0.00 km/s)
MARS
- Distance: 341,681,411.85 km (-237,438.06 km)
- The delay for light from Mars is set in the computer-simulated reality on Earth to 18 min 59.73 s (-0.79 s)
- Heliocentric speed: 26.48 km/s (-0.00 km/s)
2026-04-07 23:00:00 UTC (Delta: 3 hours)
WHERE IS ARTEMIS II?
- Mission Elapsed Time: 06:00:24:48
- Geocentric speed: 0.64 km/s (+0.03 km/s)
⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 82,461.80 km (+9,643.82 km)
- Light travel time: 0.28 s (+0.03 s)
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 364,257.84 km (-6,510.33 km)
- Light travel time: 1.22 s (-0.02 s)
🏆️ Record tracker
- Apollo 13: 400,171 km
- ██████████ 101.64%
- New record set: 406,740 km
