Map of the Universe
Varda
Asteroid · Trans-Neptunian object
About Varda
On 2026-01-01, the date the map shows, Varda was 45.7 AU from the Sun; sunlight takes 6.34 hours to reach it.
It goes round the Sun once every 307.5 years, at an average distance of 45.554 AU.
The map lists it as an asteroid (trans-Neptunian object) and shows it in the Solar System part of the map, drawn on the plane of Earth’s orbit (the ecliptic).
Key numbers
| Class | Trans-Neptunian object |
|---|---|
| Semi-major axis | 45.554 AU |
| Orbital period | 307.5 years |
| Eccentricity | 0.1423 |
| Inclination | 21.51° |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 3.46 |
| Diameter | ≈ 854 km (estimated from brightness) |
| Distance from the Sun | 45.7 AU |
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: Neptune and the Kuiper belt, a view about 110 AU across.
From Wikipedia
174567 Varda is a large trans-Neptunian object, discovered on 21 June 2003 by American astronomer Jeffrey A. Larsen using survey images taken with the 0.9-meter Spacewatch telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory. As a dynamically hot classical Kuiper belt object, Varda orbits within the Kuiper belt region.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article 174567 Varda, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.