How Far is Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) from Earth?
The distance of Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) from Earth is currently 7,125,945,283 kilometers, equivalent to 47.634002 Astronomical Units. Light takes 6 hours, 36 minutes and 9.5949 seconds to travel from Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) 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/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) to Earth
Between January 1900 and January 2100 the closest approach of Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) to Earth happens on Mon Mar 25 1996 at a distance of 0.10220419 Astronomical Units, or 15,289,529 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.