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Ephemeris Calculator
Compute Asteroid 16 Psyche ephemerides for any date and time between 01 Jan 1900 and 01 Jan 2100 and display the predicted position in an interactive sky map.
How Far is Asteroid 16 Psyche from Earth?
The distance of Asteroid 16 Psyche from Earth is currently 339,287,881 kilometers, equivalent to 2.267999 Astronomical Units. Light takes 18 minutes and 51.7426 seconds to travel from Asteroid 16 Psyche and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 16 Psyche 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 16 Psyche from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Asteroid 16 Psyche to Earth
Between January 1900 and January 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid 16 Psyche to Earth happens on Fri Nov 24 1905 at a distance of 1.64162804 Astronomical Units, or 245,584,060 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.