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Vesta
Asteroid · Second largest main-belt asteroid
About Vesta
On 2026-01-01, the date the map shows, Vesta was 2.2 AU from the Sun; sunlight takes 18.3 minutes to reach it.
It goes round the Sun once every 3.6 years, at an average distance of 2.362 AU.
It is about 525.4 km across.
The map lists it as an asteroid and shows it in the Solar System part of the map, drawn on the plane of Earth’s orbit (the ecliptic).
Key numbers
| Semi-major axis | 2.362 AU |
|---|---|
| Orbital period | 3.6 years |
| Eccentricity | 0.0902 |
| Inclination | 7.14° |
| Radius | 262.7 km |
| Distance from the Sun | 2.2 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: Jupiter's orbit, a view about 14 AU across.
From Wikipedia
Vesta is one of the objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of 525 kilometres (326 mi). It was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers on 29 March 1807 and is named after Vesta, the virgin goddess of home and hearth from Roman mythology.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article 4 Vesta, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.