Map of the Universe
Asteroid belt
Region / boundary · Region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
About Asteroid belt
On 2026-01-01, the date the map shows, Asteroid belt was 2.06 AU from the Sun; sunlight takes 17.1 minutes to reach it.
The map lists it as a region / boundary and shows it in the Solar System part of the map, drawn on the plane of Earth’s orbit (the ecliptic).
Most main-belt asteroids orbit between 2.06 and 3.27 AU, with gaps cleared by Jupiter's resonances (Kirkwood gaps).
Key numbers
| Distance from the Sun | 2.06 AU – 3.27 AU |
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Where it is
Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Solar System › Orion–Cygnus Arm (Local Arm) › Milky Way › Local Group › Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.
Zoom out to see it in context: Jupiter's orbit, a view about 14 AU across.
From Wikipedia
The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, centered on the Sun and roughly spanning the space between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. It contains a great many solid, irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Asteroid belt, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.