How Far is Comet Encke (2P/Encke) from Earth?
The distance of Comet Encke (2P/Encke) from Earth is currently 304,640,450 kilometers, equivalent to 2.036396 Astronomical Units. Light takes 16 minutes and 56.1712 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 2P/Encke 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 1900 and January 2100 the closest approach of Comet Encke (2P/Encke) to Earth happens on Sat Jul 5 1997 at a distance of 0.19025054 Astronomical Units, or 28,461,076 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.