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Comets » Comet 16P/Brooks

How Far is Comet 16P/Brooks from Earth?

The distance of Comet 16P/Brooks from Earth is currently 709,788,774 kilometers, equivalent to 4.744645 Astronomical Units. Light takes 39 minutes and 27.6005 seconds to travel from Comet 16P/Brooks and arrive to us.

709,788,774
4.744645
39 minutes and 27.6005 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Comet 16P/Brooks 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 16P/Brooks 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 16P/Brooks from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet 16P/Brooks to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet 16P/Brooks to Earth happens on Tue Oct 9 2068 at a distance of 0.77181269 Astronomical Units, or 115,461,536 kilometers:

Tue Oct 9 2068
115,461,536
0.771813

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

See Also

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