How Far is Asteroid 249516 Aretha from Earth?
The distance of Asteroid 249516 Aretha from Earth is currently 587,537,267 kilometers, equivalent to 3.927444 Astronomical Units. Light takes 32 minutes and 39.8134 seconds to travel from Asteroid 249516 Aretha and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 249516 Aretha 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.
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 249516 Aretha from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Asteroid 249516 Aretha to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid 249516 Aretha to Earth happens on Mon Jan 27 2020 at a distance of 2.01269208 Astronomical Units, or 301,094,451 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.