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Ephemeris Calculator
Compute Pioneer 10 ephemerides for any date and time between 01 Jan 2013 and 01 Jan 2050 and display the predicted position in an interactive sky map.
How Far is Pioneer 10 from Earth?
The distance of Pioneer 10 from Earth is currently 20,140,549,792 kilometers, equivalent to 134.631260 Astronomical Units. Light takes 18 hours, 39 minutes and 41.6427 seconds to travel from Pioneer 10 and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Pioneer 10 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 Pioneer 10 from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Pioneer 10 to Earth
Between January 2013 and January 2050 the closest approach of Pioneer 10 to Earth happens on Tue Jan 1 2013 at a distance of 106.50679495 Astronomical Units, or 15,933,189,771 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.