Hygiea

Details Hygiea Hygiea

Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke5255.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5255. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Asteroids

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The tenth asteroid to be discovered, by Annibale De Gasparis in 1849, and so designated (10) Hygiea. It is the fourth-largest asteroid, with a diameter of 408 km. It orbits the Sun at a mean distance of 3.14 AU (470 million km), in the outer part of the main asteroid belt, in a period of 5.55 years. The orbital inclination is 4, the eccentricity 0.12 and the rotation period an estimated 27.6 h. I...

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