How Far is Comet 46P/Wirtanen from Earth?
The distance of Comet 46P/Wirtanen from Earth is currently 841,864,351 kilometers, equivalent to 5.627516 Astronomical Units. Light takes 46 minutes and 48.1572 seconds to travel from Comet 46P/Wirtanen and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet 46P/Wirtanen 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 46P/Wirtanen from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet 46P/Wirtanen to Earth
Between January 1970 and January 1970 the closest approach of Comet 46P/Wirtanen to Earth happens on Thu Jan 1 1970 at a distance of -0.12023933 Astronomical Units, or -17,987,547 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.