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How Far is Comet C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE) from Earth?

The distance of Comet C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE) from Earth is currently 2,918,960,046 kilometers, equivalent to 19.512043 Astronomical Units. Light takes 2 hours, 42 minutes and 16.6027 seconds to travel from Comet C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE) and arrive to us.

2,918,960,046
19.512043
2 hours, 42 minutes and 16.6027 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Comet C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE) 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 C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE) 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 C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Comet C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE) to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE) to Earth happens on Mon Dec 12 2016 at a distance of 0.70900209 Astronomical Units, or 106,065,204 kilometers:

Mon Dec 12 2016
106,065,204
0.709002

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

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