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How Far is Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke from Earth?

The distance of Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke from Earth is currently 800,400,541 kilometers, equivalent to 5.350347 Astronomical Units. Light takes 44 minutes and 29.8488 seconds to travel from Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke and arrive to us.

800,400,541
5.350347
44 minutes and 29.8488 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke 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 7P/Pons-Winnecke 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 7P/Pons-Winnecke from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke to Earth happens on Tue Jun 13 2062 at a distance of 0.16765843 Astronomical Units, or 25,081,344 kilometers:

Tue Jun 13 2062
25,081,344
0.167658

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

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