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Near Earth Objects » Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48

How Far is Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 from Earth?

The distance of Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 from Earth is currently 75,336,830 kilometers, equivalent to 0.503596 Astronomical Units. Light takes 4 minutes and 11.2966 seconds to travel from Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 and arrive to us.

75,336,830
0.503596
4 minutes and 11.2966 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 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) 2016 LY48 from Earth between January 2010 and January 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) 2016 LY48 to Earth

Between January 2010 and January 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid (NEO) 2016 LY48 to Earth happens on Mon Sep 18 2023 at a distance of 0.01115158 Astronomical Units, or 1,668,253 kilometers:

Mon Sep 18 2023
1,668,253
0.011152

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

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