How Far is Asteroid 7 Iris from Earth?
The distance of Asteroid 7 Iris from Earth is currently 258,011,061 kilometers, equivalent to 1.724697 Astronomical Units. Light takes 14 minutes and 20.6323 seconds to travel from Asteroid 7 Iris and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 7 Iris 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 7 Iris from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Asteroid 7 Iris to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid 7 Iris to Earth happens on Wed Nov 4 2076 at a distance of 0.84836874 Astronomical Units, or 126,914,157 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.