How Far is Asteroid 87 Sylvia from Earth?
The distance of Asteroid 87 Sylvia from Earth is currently 432,444,890 kilometers, equivalent to 2.890716 Astronomical Units. Light takes 24 minutes and 2.4809 seconds to travel from Asteroid 87 Sylvia and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 87 Sylvia 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 87 Sylvia from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Asteroid 87 Sylvia to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid 87 Sylvia to Earth happens on Mon Aug 22 2095 at a distance of 2.15363248 Astronomical Units, or 322,178,833 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.