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Ephemeris Calculator
Compute Asteroid 1I/2017 U1 (Oumuamua) ephemerides for any date and time between 01 Jan 2013 and 31 Dec 2100 and display the predicted position in an interactive sky map.
How Far is Asteroid 1I/2017 U1 (Oumuamua) from Earth?
The distance of Asteroid 1I/2017 U1 (Oumuamua) from Earth is currently 5,392,113,566 kilometers, equivalent to 36.044053 Astronomical Units. Light takes 4 hours, 59 minutes and 46.1548 seconds to travel from Asteroid 1I/2017 U1 (Oumuamua) and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 1I/2017 U1 (Oumuamua) 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 1I/2017 U1 (Oumuamua) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Asteroid 1I/2017 U1 (Oumuamua) to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid 1I/2017 U1 (Oumuamua) to Earth happens on Sun Oct 15 2017 at a distance of 0.16199103 Astronomical Units, or 24,233,513 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.