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Space Probes » BepiColombo

How Far is BepiColombo from Earth?

The distance of BepiColombo from Earth is currently 145,914,910 kilometers, equivalent to 0.975381 Astronomical Units. Light takes 8 minutes and 6.7197 seconds to travel from BepiColombo and arrive to us.

145,914,910
0.975381
8 minutes and 6.7197 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of BepiColombo 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 BepiColombo from Earth between October 2018 and November 2025

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 BepiColombo from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of BepiColombo to Earth

Between October 2018 and November 2025 the closest approach of BepiColombo to Earth happens on Fri Apr 10 2020 at a distance of 0.00058190 Astronomical Units, or 87,050 kilometers:

Fri Apr 10 2020
87,050
0.000582

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

See Also

Available Resources for BepiColombo