Student Manual PAGE 26 • Using this formula, calculate the distance of 1992JB on May 23, 1992 at 06 57 UT. Distance of 1992JB = _______________km. Distance of 1992JB =  _________________Astronomical Units. • Compare this with the distance of the moon.  How many times further or closer is it than the moon? ________. • Asteroids are classified by their average distance from the sun.  Belt Asteroids orbit in the asteroid belt; Trojan Asteroids orbit at the same distance as Jupiter.  Near-Earth or Earth Approaching asteroids have orbits that bring them near the earth. What kind of an asteroid do you think this is?      Why?