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Ephemeris Calculator

Compute Asteroid (NEO) 2021 RS5 ephemerides for any date and time between 01 Jan 2013 and 31 Dec 2100 and display the predicted position in an interactive sky map.

Time: : UTC

How Far is Asteroid (NEO) 2021 RS5 from Earth?

The distance of Asteroid (NEO) 2021 RS5 from Earth is currently 127,351,935 kilometers, equivalent to 0.851295 Astronomical Units. Light takes 7 minutes and 4.8003 seconds to travel from Asteroid (NEO) 2021 RS5 and arrive to us.

127,351,935
0.851295
7 minutes and 4.8003 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid (NEO) 2021 RS5 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) 2021 RS5 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) 2021 RS5 to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid (NEO) 2021 RS5 to Earth happens on Thu Sep 9 2021 at a distance of 0.00188919 Astronomical Units, or 282,619 kilometers:

Thu Sep 9 2021
282,619
0.001889

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

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