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Near Earth Objects » Asteroid (NEO) 2008 DB

How Far is Asteroid (NEO) 2008 DB from Earth?

The distance of Asteroid (NEO) 2008 DB from Earth is currently 176,440,233 kilometers, equivalent to 1.179430 Astronomical Units. Light takes 9 minutes and 48.5413 seconds to travel from Asteroid (NEO) 2008 DB and arrive to us.

176,440,233
1.179430
9 minutes and 48.5413 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid (NEO) 2008 DB 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) 2008 DB 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) 2008 DB to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid (NEO) 2008 DB to Earth happens on Sun Aug 15 2032 at a distance of 0.00179266 Astronomical Units, or 268,178 kilometers:

Sun Aug 15 2032
268,178
0.001793

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

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