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Dwarf Planets and Asteroids » Asteroid 2 Pallas

How Far is Asteroid 2 Pallas from Earth?

The distance of Asteroid 2 Pallas from Earth is currently 490,588,679 kilometers, equivalent to 3.279383 Astronomical Units. Light takes 27 minutes and 16.4277 seconds to travel from Asteroid 2 Pallas and arrive to us.

490,588,679
3.279383
27 minutes and 16.4277 seconds

The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 2 Pallas 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 2 Pallas from Earth between January 1600 and December 2499

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 2 Pallas from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Asteroid 2 Pallas to Earth

Between January 1600 and December 2499 the closest approach of Asteroid 2 Pallas to Earth happens on Sat Feb 16 1608 at a distance of 1.19383163 Astronomical Units, or 178,594,670 kilometers:

Sat Feb 16 1608
178,594,670
1.193832

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

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