How Far is Asteroid 10 Hygiea from Earth?
The distance of Asteroid 10 Hygiea from Earth is currently 479,427,304 kilometers, equivalent to 3.204774 Astronomical Units. Light takes 26 minutes and 39.1973 seconds to travel from Asteroid 10 Hygiea and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 10 Hygiea 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 10 Hygiea from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Asteroid 10 Hygiea to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid 10 Hygiea to Earth happens on Fri May 20 2078 at a distance of 1.74730139 Astronomical Units, or 261,392,568 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.