How Far is Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova from Earth?
The distance of Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova from Earth is currently 717,035,753 kilometers, equivalent to 4.793088 Astronomical Units. Light takes 39 minutes and 51.7738 seconds to travel from Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova 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 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova to Earth happens on Sat Feb 11 2017 at a distance of 0.08331056 Astronomical Units, or 12,463,083 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.