How Far is Comet C/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland) from Earth?
The distance of Comet C/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland) from Earth is currently 13,752,369,429 kilometers, equivalent to 91.928912 Astronomical Units. Light takes 12 hours, 44 minutes and 32.9667 seconds to travel from Comet C/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland) and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet C/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland) 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 C/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet C/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland) to Earth
Between January 1900 and January 2100 the closest approach of Comet C/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland) to Earth happens on Sat Apr 20 1957 at a distance of 0.56958619 Astronomical Units, or 85,208,882 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.