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Ephemeris Calculator
Compute Asteroid 19 Fortuna ephemerides for any date and time between 01 Jan 1900 and 01 Jan 2100 and display the predicted position in an interactive sky map.
How Far is Asteroid 19 Fortuna from Earth?
The distance of Asteroid 19 Fortuna from Earth is currently 260,727,528 kilometers, equivalent to 1.742856 Astronomical Units. Light takes 14 minutes and 29.6934 seconds to travel from Asteroid 19 Fortuna and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 19 Fortuna 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 19 Fortuna from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Asteroid 19 Fortuna to Earth
Between January 1900 and January 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid 19 Fortuna to Earth happens on Fri Oct 15 1982 at a distance of 1.06272542 Astronomical Units, or 158,981,460 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.