How Far is Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos from Earth?
The distance of Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos from Earth is currently 870,722,892 kilometers, equivalent to 5.820423 Astronomical Units. Light takes 48 minutes and 24.4189 seconds to travel from Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos 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 18D/Perrine-Mrkos from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos to Earth happens on Sun Nov 28 2032 at a distance of 0.78463183 Astronomical Units, or 117,379,252 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.