How Far is Asteroid 5 Astraea from Earth?
The distance of Asteroid 5 Astraea from Earth is currently 500,176,524 kilometers, equivalent to 3.343474 Astronomical Units. Light takes 27 minutes and 48.4093 seconds to travel from Asteroid 5 Astraea and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 5 Astraea 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 5 Astraea from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Asteroid 5 Astraea to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid 5 Astraea to Earth happens on Mon Feb 15 2016 at a distance of 1.09542470 Astronomical Units, or 163,873,203 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.