Latest How Far is Comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang from Earth?
The distance of Comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang from Earth is currently 5,398,064,227 kilometers, equivalent to 36.083831 Astronomical Units. Light takes 5 hours, 6.0041 seconds to travel from Comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang 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.
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 153P/Ikeya-Zhang from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang to Earth happens on Sun Jun 30 2013 at a distance of 25.19893088 Astronomical Units, or 3,769,706,411 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.