How Far is Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR from Earth?
The distance of Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR from Earth is currently 150,479,741 kilometers, equivalent to 1.005895 Astronomical Units. Light takes 8 minutes and 21.9464 seconds to travel from Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR 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 156P/Russell-LINEAR from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR to Earth
Between January 2014 and January 2100 the closest approach of Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR to Earth happens on Thu Oct 29 2099 at a distance of 0.38003584 Astronomical Units, or 56,852,552 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.