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Space Probes » Voyager 2

How Far is Voyager 2 from Earth?

The distance of Voyager 2 from Earth is currently 19,880,797,434 kilometers, equivalent to 132.894923 Astronomical Units. Light takes 18 hours, 25 minutes and 15.2021 seconds to travel from Voyager 2 and arrive to us.

19,880,797,434
132.894923
18 hours, 25 minutes and 15.2021 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Voyager 2 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.

Distance of Voyager 2 from Earth between January 2013 and December 2099

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 Voyager 2 from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Voyager 2 to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2099 the closest approach of Voyager 2 to Earth happens on Sun Jun 2 2013 at a distance of 101.16245204 Astronomical Units, or 15,133,687,450 kilometers:

Sun Jun 2 2013
15,133,687,450
101.162452

NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.

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