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2026-08-19 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-18)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 41.47 km/s (+0.35 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 33 days
- Brightness (Mag): 14.00 (+0.00)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Dark sky
- Constellation: Ursa Major🌎 Relative to Earth
- Closest approach - occurred
- Distance (km): 28,079,950.45 km (+768,714.32 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.19 (+0.01)
- Light travel time: 1 min 33.66 s (+2.56 s) -
2026-08-18 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-17)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 41.12 km/s (+0.34 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 34 days
- Brightness (Mag): 14.00 (+0.00)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Dark sky
- Constellation: Ursa Major🌎 Relative to Earth
- Closest approach - occurred
- Distance (km): 27,311,236.13 km (+662,824.95 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.18 (+0.00)
- Light travel time: 1 min 31.10 s (+2.21 s) -
2026-08-17 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-16)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 40.78 km/s (+0.34 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 35 days
- Brightness (Mag): 14.00 (+1.00)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Dark sky
- Constellation: Canes Venatici🌎 Relative to Earth
- Closest approach - occurred
- Distance (km): 26,648,411.18 km (+553,542.01 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.18 (+0.00)
- Light travel time: 1 min 28.89 s (+1.85 s) -
2026-08-16 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-15)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 40.44 km/s (+0.33 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 36 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.00 (+0.00)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Suburban sky
- Constellation: Canes Venatici🌎 Relative to Earth
- Closest approach - occurred
- Distance (km): 26,094,869.17 km (+441,459.61 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.17 (+0.00)
- Light travel time: 1 min 27.04 s (+1.47 s) -
2026-08-15 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-14)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 40.10 km/s (+0.33 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 37 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.00 (-0.49)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Suburban sky
- Constellation: Canes Venatici🌎 Relative to Earth
- Closest approach - occurred
- Distance (km): 25,653,409.57 km (+327,367.47 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.17 (+0.00)
- Light travel time: 1 min 25.57 s (+1.09 s) -
2026-08-14 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-13)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 39.77 km/s (+0.32 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 38 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.49 (-0.01)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Suburban sky
- Constellation: Canes Venatici🌎 Relative to Earth
- Closest approach - occurred
- Distance (km): 25,326,042.09 km (+212,225.97 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.17 (+0.00)
- Light travel time: 1 min 24.48 s (+0.71 s) -
2026-08-13 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-12)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 39.45 km/s (+0.32 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 39 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.29 (-0.02)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Suburban sky
- Constellation: Canes Venatici🌎 Relative to Earth
- Closest approach - occurred
- Distance (km): 25,113,802.98 km (+97,122.79 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.17 (+0.00)
- Light travel time: 1 min 23.77 s (+0.32 s) -
2026-08-12 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-11)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 39.13 km/s (+0.32 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 40 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.31 (-0.03)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Suburban sky
- Constellation: Canes Venatici🌎 Relative to Earth
- Closest approach - occurred
- Distance (km): 25,016,680.19 km (-16,800.42 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.17 (-0.00)
- Light travel time: 1 min 23.45 s (-0.06 s) -
2026-08-11 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-10)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 38.81 km/s (+0.31 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 41 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 16 hours
- Brightness (Mag): 13.34 (-0.04)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Suburban sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 25,033,480.60 km (-128,404.40 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.17 (-0.00)
- Light travel time: 1 min 23.50 s (-0.43 s) -
2026-08-10 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-09)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 38.50 km/s (+0.31 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 42 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 1 day
- Brightness (Mag): 13.38 (-0.04)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Suburban sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 25,161,885.01 km (-236,635.75 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.17 (-0.00)
- Light travel time: 1 min 23.93 s (-0.79 s) -
2026-08-09 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-08)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 38.20 km/s (+0.30 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 43 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 2 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.42 (-0.05)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Suburban sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 25,398,520.76 km (-340,587.38 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.17 (-0.00)
- Light travel time: 1 min 24.72 s (-1.14 s) -
2026-08-08 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-07)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 37.89 km/s (+0.30 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 44 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 3 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.48 (-0.06)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Suburban sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 25,739,108.14 km (-439,544.47 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.17 (-0.00)
- Light travel time: 1 min 25.86 s (-1.47 s) -
2026-08-07 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-06)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 37.60 km/s (+0.29 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 45 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 4 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.24 (-0.07)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Suburban sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 26,178,637.35 km (-533,007.27 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.17 (-0.00)
- Light travel time: 1 min 27.33 s (-1.78 s) -
2026-08-06 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-05)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 37.31 km/s (+0.29 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 46 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 5 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.31 (-0.07)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Suburban sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 26,711,644.62 km (-620,697.42 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.18 (-0.00)
- Light travel time: 1 min 29.10 s (-2.07 s) -
2026-08-05 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-04)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 37.02 km/s (+0.28 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 47 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 6 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.38 (-0.08)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Suburban sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 27,332,342.03 km (-702,533.85 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.18 (-0.00)
- Light travel time: 1 min 31.17 s (-2.34 s) -
2026-08-04 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-03)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 36.74 km/s (+0.28 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 48 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 7 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.46 (-0.08)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Suburban sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 28,034,875.89 km (-778,607.76 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.19 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 1 min 33.52 s (-2.60 s) -
2026-08-03 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-02)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 36.46 km/s (+0.27 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 49 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 8 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.54 (-0.09)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Dark sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 28,813,483.64 km (-849,144.89 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.19 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 1 min 36.11 s (-2.83 s) -
2026-08-02 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-01)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 36.19 km/s (+0.27 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 50 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 9 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.63 (-0.09)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Dark sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 29,662,628.54 km (-914,468.33 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.20 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 1 min 38.95 s (-3.05 s) -
2026-08-01 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-31)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 35.92 km/s (+0.26 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 51 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 10 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.72 (-0.09)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Dark sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 30,577,096.87 km (-974,964.10 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.20 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 1 min 42.00 s (-3.25 s) -
2026-07-31 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-30)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 35.65 km/s (+0.26 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 52 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 11 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.81 (-0.09)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Dark sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 31,552,060.97 km (-1,031,052.02 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.21 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 1 min 45.25 s (-3.44 s) -
2026-07-30 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-29)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 35.39 km/s (+0.26 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 53 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 12 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.90 (-0.09)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Dark sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 32,583,113.00 km (-1,083,162.49 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.22 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 1 min 48.69 s (-3.61 s) -
2026-07-29 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-28)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 35.14 km/s (+0.25 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 54 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 13 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.99 (-0.09)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Dark sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 33,666,275.48 km (-1,131,719.15 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.23 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 1 min 52.30 s (-3.78 s) -
2026-07-28 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-27)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 34.89 km/s (+0.25 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 55 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 14 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.99 (-0.09)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Dark sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 34,797,982.80 km (-1,177,126.65 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.23 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 1 min 56.08 s (-3.93 s) -
2026-07-27 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-26)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 34.64 km/s (+0.24 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 56 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 15 days
- Brightness (Mag): 14.08 (-0.09)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Dark sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 35,975,109.45 km (-1,219,763.29 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.24 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 2 min 0.00 s (-4.07 s) -
2026-07-26 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-25)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 34.40 km/s (+0.24 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 57 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 16 days
- Brightness (Mag): 14.18 (-0.09)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Dark sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 37,194,872.75 km (-1,259,975.91 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.25 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 2 min 4.07 s (-4.20 s) -
2026-07-25 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-24)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 34.16 km/s (+0.24 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 58 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 17 days
- Brightness (Mag): 14.27 (-0.09)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Dark sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 38,454,848.66 km (-1,298,078.63 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.26 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 2 min 8.28 s (-4.33 s) -
2026-07-24 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-23)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 33.92 km/s (+0.23 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 59 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 18 days
- Brightness (Mag): 14.36 (-0.09)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Dark sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 39,752,927.29 km (-1,334,352.80 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.27 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 2 min 12.61 s (-4.45 s) -
2026-07-23 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-07-22)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 33.69 km/s (+0.23 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 60 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 19 days
- Brightness (Mag): 14.46 (-0.09)
- Visibility: Northern hemisphere | Small telescope | Dark sky🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 41,087,280.09 km (-1,369,048.28 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.27 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 2 min 17.06 s (-4.57 s)