How Far is Comet 284P/McNaught from Earth?
The distance of Comet 284P/McNaught from Earth is currently 555,931,257 kilometers, equivalent to 3.716171 Astronomical Units. Light takes 30 minutes and 54.3871 seconds to travel from Comet 284P/McNaught and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet 284P/McNaught 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 284P/McNaught from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet 284P/McNaught to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet 284P/McNaught to Earth happens on Sun Oct 8 2090 at a distance of 1.02354154 Astronomical Units, or 153,119,635 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.