How Far is Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) from Earth?
The distance of Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) from Earth is currently 5,263,744,546 kilometers, equivalent to 35.185959 Astronomical Units. Light takes 4 hours, 52 minutes and 37.9619 seconds to travel from Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) 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/2006 P1 (McNaught) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) to Earth happens on Sun May 19 2013 at a distance of 18.31311061 Astronomical Units, or 2,739,602,358 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.