Your guide to the Solar System and the night sky
By donating now you help keep this site alive and free from ads. Please consider supporting this project.
🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:03  ☀️ Transit: 12:06  🌅 Sunset: 18:09

How Far is Comet 141P/Machholz 2 from Earth?

The distance of Comet 141P/Machholz 2 from Earth is currently 659,042,356 kilometers, equivalent to 4.405426 Astronomical Units. Light takes 36 minutes and 38.3287 seconds to travel from Comet 141P/Machholz 2 and arrive to us.

659,042,356
4.405426
36 minutes and 38.3287 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Comet 141P/Machholz 2 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 141P/Machholz 2 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 141P/Machholz 2 from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet 141P/Machholz 2 to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet 141P/Machholz 2 to Earth happens on Mon Dec 17 2057 at a distance of 0.12507272 Astronomical Units, or 18,710,613 kilometers:

Mon Dec 17 2057
18,710,613
0.125073

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

See Also