Comet Update Close Approach Dec 19 2025

Summary

Josh Universe - Space Discord Server shares an announcement about a new Instagram post detailing a comet at closest approach on December 19 2025 at roughly 170 million miles from Earth. This update provides a visual and key distance info to spark conversation, observation plans, and community discussion about skywatching and comet science.

Hey, joshtospace just posted a new post! Go check it out!
https://www.instagram.com/p/DW1NK5olmca/

At its closest approach to Earth on December 19, 2025, the comet will be about 170 million miles away, almost twice as far from us as we are from the Sun.
Comet Update Close Approach Dec 19 2025
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