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Comets » Comet 116P/Wild

How Far is Comet 116P/Wild from Earth?

The distance of Comet 116P/Wild from Earth is currently 473,245,667 kilometers, equivalent to 3.163452 Astronomical Units. Light takes 26 minutes and 18.5776 seconds to travel from Comet 116P/Wild and arrive to us.

473,245,667
3.163452
26 minutes and 18.5776 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Comet 116P/Wild from Earth as a function of time. In the chart the distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with an interval of 1 day.

Distance of Comet 116P/Wild from Earth between January 2013 and December 2100

The value of the reported distance might be somewhat inaccurate around the times of closest approach for objects passing extremely close to Earth. The value of the distance of 116P/Wild from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet 116P/Wild to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet 116P/Wild to Earth happens on Sun Apr 15 2085 at a distance of 0.52253435 Astronomical Units, or 78,170,026 kilometers:

Sun Apr 15 2085
78,170,026
0.522534

NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.

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