How Far is Comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) from Earth?
The distance of Comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) from Earth is currently 2,740,574,210 kilometers, equivalent to 18.319607 Astronomical Units. Light takes 2 hours, 32 minutes and 21.5716 seconds to travel from Comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) 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 C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) to Earth happens on Sat Apr 5 2031 at a distance of 10.11050608 Astronomical Units, or 1,512,510,185 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.