Here is the current location of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS).

Tsuchinshan–ATLAS originated from the Oort cloud and was discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory on 9 Jan 2023 and independently found by ATLAS South Africa on 22 Feb 2023. Its period is millions of years and will likely not appear again.

Distance from Sun today = 0.4 AU
Distance from Earth = 0.98 AU
Perihelion: Sep 27
Closest approach to earth: Oct 12

ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2023_A
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