How Far is Comet 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf from Earth?
The distance of Comet 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf from Earth is currently 4,910,534,241 kilometers, equivalent to 32.824894 Astronomical Units. Light takes 4 hours, 32 minutes and 59.7791 seconds to travel from Comet 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf 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 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf to Earth happens on Tue Jun 10 2059 at a distance of 1.48516686 Astronomical Units, or 222,177,801 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.