How Far is Comet C/1969 Y1 (Bennett) from Earth?
The distance of Comet C/1969 Y1 (Bennett) from Earth is currently 11,261,306,104 kilometers, equivalent to 75.277182 Astronomical Units. Light takes 10 hours, 26 minutes and 3.6738 seconds to travel from Comet C/1969 Y1 (Bennett) and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet C/1969 Y1 (Bennett) 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/1969 Y1 (Bennett) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet C/1969 Y1 (Bennett) to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet C/1969 Y1 (Bennett) to Earth happens on Tue Jan 1 2013 at a distance of 64.29374317 Astronomical Units, or 9,618,207,097 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.