How Far is Asteroid 2 Pallas from Earth?
The distance of Asteroid 2 Pallas from Earth is currently 401,232,071 kilometers, equivalent to 2.682071 Astronomical Units. Light takes 22 minutes and 18.3661 seconds to travel from Asteroid 2 Pallas and arrive to us.
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.
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 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid 2 Pallas to Earth happens on Mon Feb 24 2014 at a distance of 1.23090464 Astronomical Units, or 184,140,713 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.