Proper Name | Ilmarë | Designation | Varda I | Primary Object | Varda | Orbital Period | 5 days, 18 hours, 1 minute | Distance from Varda | Semi-Major Axis: 4,809 km Periapsis: 4,706 km Apoapsis: 4,912 km | Eccentricity | 0.0215 | Rotation Period | Probably 5 days, 18 hours, 1 minute (i.e. synchronous with Varda) | Diameter | c.340 km c.210 miles | Notes | The only known moon of Varda, a probable dwarf planet that pursues a distant orbit of the Sun through the zone known as the Kuiper Belt. With a diameter of about 340km, Ilmarë is about half the size of Varda, and follows a near-circular orbit around that planetoid. |
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