# How far away was DS9 from Bajor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [January 6, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-was-ds9-from-bajor/523858 "2010-01-06T03:32:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-was-ds9-from-bajor/523858/21 "2022-05-02T01:09:16Z")
Maybe they just number the planets from outside to in, instead of sun-out like we do. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-was-ds9-from-bajor/523858/22 "2022-05-02T09:48:20Z")
> [@Garek](#): > > There’s another issue here: the planet’s orbit. > > We know from the show that the wormhole is stable, with fixed entrances on each size. Are you sure this is correct? According to the official _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual_, > [@](#): > > The basic mechanics and properties of the wormhole have been studied thoroughly since 2369, when Deep Space 9 was first moved outward from its orbit around Bajor. It is known that the Bajor terminus moves with the Denorios plasma field in an orbit around the sun with a period of 13.5 years… Federation scientists believe that the terminus of the wormhole near the Idran star system, seventy thousand light-years away, is also in an extremely slow oscillation about a central point, though not enough positional and velocity data have been collected to tell for certain. Still, you’re right that the distance from the station to Bajor probably varies, since the belt’s orbital plane is inclined to that of Bajor, and because the wormhole, the belt, and Bajor all have different orbital periods. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-was-ds9-from-bajor/523858.md?page=1)