Latest How Far is Comet 255P/Levy from Earth?
The distance of Comet 255P/Levy from Earth is currently 616,693,762 kilometers, equivalent to 4.122343 Astronomical Units. Light takes 34 minutes and 17.0690 seconds to travel from Comet 255P/Levy and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet 255P/Levy 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 255P/Levy from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet 255P/Levy to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet 255P/Levy to Earth happens on Tue Oct 23 2057 at a distance of 0.27676656 Astronomical Units, or 41,403,689 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.