Comet West–Hartley is a periodic comet roughly 4 km in diameter with a 7.67-year orbit around the Sun. The current orbit does not bring it closer than about 1.2 AU (180 million km) from Earth. It will next come to perihelion on 21 September 2026, when the comet will have a solar elongation of 22 degrees. It will come to opposition on 1 May 2027.
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