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Near Earth Objects » Asteroid (NEO) 2006 HE2

How Far is Asteroid (NEO) 2006 HE2 from Earth?

The distance of Asteroid (NEO) 2006 HE2 from Earth is currently 287,610,234 kilometers, equivalent to 1.922556 Astronomical Units. Light takes 15 minutes and 59.3645 seconds to travel from Asteroid (NEO) 2006 HE2 and arrive to us.

287,610,234
1.922556
15 minutes and 59.3645 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid (NEO) 2006 HE2 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 Asteroid (NEO) 2006 HE2 from Earth between January 2013 and December 2100

The value of the reported distance might be somewhat inaccurate around the times of closest approach for objects passing extremely close to Earth.

Closest approach of Asteroid (NEO) 2006 HE2 to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid (NEO) 2006 HE2 to Earth happens on Sun Apr 19 2065 at a distance of 0.00467877 Astronomical Units, or 699,933 kilometers:

Sun Apr 19 2065
699,933
0.004679

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

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