  Near-Earth supernova blasts which engulf the solar system have left traces of
their ejecta in the geological and lunar records. There is now a wealth of data
on live radioactive ${}^{60}$Fe pointing to a supernova at 3 Myr ago, as well
as the recent discovery of an event at 7 Myr ago. We use the available
measurements to evaluate the distances to these events. For the better analyzed
supernova at 3 Myr, samples include deep-sea sediments, ferromanganese crusts,
and lunar regolith; we explore the consistency among and across these
measurements, which depends sensitively on the uptake of iron in the samples as
well as possible anisotropies in the ${}^{60}$Fe fallout. There is also
significant uncertainty in the astronomical parameters needed for these
calculations. We take the opportunity to perform a parameter study on the
effects that the ejected ${}^{60}$Fe mass from a core-collapse supernova and
the fraction of dust that survives the remnant have on the resulting distance.
We find that with an ejected ${}^{60}$Fe mass of $3\times10^{-5} M_\odot$ and a
dust fraction of 10%, the distance range for the supernova 3 Myr ago is $D \sim
20 - 140$ pc, with the most likely range between $50 - 65$ pc. Using the same
astrophysical parameters, the distance for the supernova at 7 Myr ago is $D
\sim 110$ pc. We close with a brief discussion of geological and astronomical
measurements that can improve these results.
