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Near Earth Objects » Asteroid (NEO) 2016 VA

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

The distance of Asteroid (NEO) 2016 VA from Earth is currently 150,507,701 kilometers, equivalent to 1.006082 Astronomical Units. Light takes 8 minutes and 22.0397 seconds to travel from Asteroid (NEO) 2016 VA and arrive to us.

150,507,701
1.006082
8 minutes and 22.0397 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid (NEO) 2016 VA 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 VA 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) 2016 VA to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid (NEO) 2016 VA to Earth happens on Wed Nov 2 2016 at a distance of 0.00071878 Astronomical Units, or 107,528 kilometers:

Wed Nov 2 2016
107,528
0.000719

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

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