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Comets » Comet 398P/Boattini

How Far is Comet 398P/Boattini from Earth?

The distance of Comet 398P/Boattini from Earth is currently 880,066,254 kilometers, equivalent to 5.882880 Astronomical Units. Light takes 48 minutes and 55.5850 seconds to travel from Comet 398P/Boattini and arrive to us.

880,066,254
5.882880
48 minutes and 55.5850 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Comet 398P/Boattini 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.

Distance of Comet 398P/Boattini from Earth between January 2013 and December 2100

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 398P/Boattini from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet 398P/Boattini to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet 398P/Boattini to Earth happens on Wed Dec 23 2020 at a distance of 0.37543831 Astronomical Units, or 56,164,772 kilometers:

Wed Dec 23 2020
56,164,772
0.375438

NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.

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