How Far is Asteroid 17 Thetis from Earth?
The distance of Asteroid 17 Thetis from Earth is currently 441,389,466 kilometers, equivalent to 2.950506 Astronomical Units. Light takes 24 minutes and 32.3168 seconds to travel from Asteroid 17 Thetis and arrive to us.
The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 17 Thetis 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 17 Thetis from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.
Closest approach of Asteroid 17 Thetis to Earth
Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid 17 Thetis to Earth happens on Sun Jun 10 2035 at a distance of 1.13909776 Astronomical Units, or 170,406,600 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.