How Far is Comet Encke (2P/Encke) from Earth?
The distance of Comet Encke (2P/Encke) from Earth is currently 315,870,551 kilometers, equivalent to 2.111464 Astronomical Units. Light takes 17 minutes and 33.6307 seconds to travel from Comet Encke (2P/Encke) and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Comet Encke (2P/Encke) 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 Encke's Comet from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Comet Encke (2P/Encke) to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Comet Encke (2P/Encke) to Earth happens on Sat Jul 7 2063 at a distance of 0.19418219 Astronomical Units, or 29,049,243 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.