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Compute Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell ephemerides for any date and time between 01 Jan 2014 and 01 Jan 2100 and display the predicted position in an interactive sky map.
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How Far is Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell from Earth?
The distance of Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell from Earth is currently 782,687,298 kilometers, equivalent to 5.231941 Astronomical Units. Light takes 43 minutes and 30.7638 seconds to travel from Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell 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 52P/Harrington-Abell from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell to Earth
Between January 2014 and January 2100 the closest approach of Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell to Earth happens on Thu Jan 29 2037 at a distance of 0.87853760 Astronomical Units, or 131,427,355 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.