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How Far is Asteroid 3552 Don Quixote (1983 SA) from Earth?

The distance of Asteroid 3552 Don Quixote (1983 SA) from Earth is currently 986,430,095 kilometers, equivalent to 6.593878 Astronomical Units. Light takes 54 minutes and 50.3766 seconds to travel from Asteroid 3552 Don Quixote (1983 SA) and arrive to us.

986,430,095
6.593878
54 minutes and 50.3766 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 3552 Don Quixote (1983 SA) 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 3552 Don Quixote (1983 SA) from Earth between January 1900 and January 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 3552 Don Quixote (1983 SA) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Asteroid 3552 Don Quixote (1983 SA) to Earth

Between January 1900 and January 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid 3552 Don Quixote (1983 SA) to Earth happens on Sat Sep 2 1922 at a distance of 0.30002289 Astronomical Units, or 44,882,786 kilometers:

Sat Sep 2 1922
44,882,786
0.300023

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

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