closestApproachDistance

P59619
predicate

Indicates the minimum distance between two entities at the point where they come closest to each other during their motion or interaction.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
closestApproachDistance canonical 7
flybyDistance 3
approachDistance 2

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: closestApproachDistance
Generated description
Indicates the minimum distance between two entities at the point where they come closest to each other during their motion or interaction.

Sample triples (33)

Subject Object
Mariner 4 about 9846 kilometers above Mars surface ⓘ
C/1996 B2 0.101 AU via predicate surface "closestApproachToEarthDistance" ⓘ
C/1996 B2 about 15 million kilometers via predicate surface "closestApproachToEarthDistance" ⓘ
Ariel 127000 via predicate surface "closestApproachDistance_km" ⓘ
Umbriel ~325,000 via predicate surface "closestApproachByVoyager2_km" ⓘ
Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth
surface form: Arrokoth
about 3,500 kilometers via predicate surface "flybyDistance" ⓘ
Luna 3 about 6,200 km from the Moon ⓘ
Dream about 6000 km from Moon surface ⓘ
Vostok 4 approximately 5 kilometers ⓘ
Mariner 2 about 34,800 kilometers ⓘ
asteroid Šteins
surface form: 2867 Šteins
about 800 km via predicate surface "flybyDistance" ⓘ
NEA Scout CubeSat
surface form: NEA Scout
on the order of tens of kilometers from target asteroid via predicate surface "intendedFlybyDistance" ⓘ
Barnard's Star about 3.8 via predicate surface "futureClosestApproachDistance_ly" ⓘ
Venera 6 approximately 25000 km from Venus center before entry ⓘ
Venera 1 approximately 100000 via predicate surface "closestApproachDistanceToVenus_km" ⓘ
Vega 1 about 8,890 km from comet nucleus via predicate surface "halleyClosestApproachDistance" ⓘ
Luna 4 approximately 8,500 kilometers from lunar surface via predicate surface "flybyDistance" ⓘ
Blue Glacier route approximately 17 miles one way to glacier via predicate surface "approachDistance" ⓘ
Deep Impact about 500 kilometers from Tempel 1 via predicate surface "flybyClosestApproachDistance" ⓘ
433 Eros about 22,000,000 via predicate surface "closestApproachToEarth_km" ⓘ
Stardust about 236 km via predicate surface "cometClosestApproachDistance" ⓘ
CONTOUR about 100 kilometers from comet nuclei via predicate surface "plannedClosestApproachDistance" ⓘ
Stardust mission
surface form: Stardust
about 240 kilometers via predicate surface "closestApproachToWild2Distance" ⓘ
NASA Stardust mission
surface form: Stardust
about 240 kilometers via predicate surface "closestApproachDistanceToWild2" ⓘ
STS-63 about 11 meters via predicate surface "closestApproachDistanceToMir" ⓘ
Plaza de Mulas route approximately 38 km from Horcones to Plaza de Mulas (round trip often cited around 60 km including return) via predicate surface "approachDistance" ⓘ
Chang’e 2 approximately 3.2 km via predicate surface "asteroidFlybyClosestApproachDistance" ⓘ
asteroid Apophis
surface form: 99942 Apophis
about 31,600 kilometers from Earth’s surface via predicate surface "closestApproachDistanceIn2029" ⓘ
asteroid Apophis
surface form: 99942 Apophis
about 0.00021 astronomical units from Earth’s center via predicate surface "closestApproachDistanceIn2029" ⓘ
Mariner 6 3430 via predicate surface "closestApproachDistanceFromCenter_km" ⓘ
Mariner 6 ~3400 via predicate surface "closestApproachDistanceFromSurface_km" ⓘ
Mariner 7 about 3,430 kilometers above Mars surface ⓘ
Mars 7 about 1300 kilometers from Martian surface via predicate surface "closestApproachToMars" ⓘ