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Ephemeris Calculator

Compute Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) ephemerides for any date and time between 01 Jan 2015 and 31 Dec 2100 and display the predicted position in an interactive sky map.

Time: : UTC

How Far is Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) from Earth?

The distance of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) from Earth is currently 110,973,885 kilometers, equivalent to 0.741815 Astronomical Units. Light takes 6 minutes and 10.1690 seconds to travel from Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) and arrive to us.

110,973,885
0.741815
6 minutes and 10.1690 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) 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 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) from Earth between January 2015 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. The value of the distance of 2020 CD3 from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) to Earth

Between January 2015 and December 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) to Earth happens on Wed May 9 2018 at a distance of 0.00026546 Astronomical Units, or 39,712 kilometers:

Wed May 9 2018
39,712
0.000265

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

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