10 Hygiea
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Hygiea (minor-planet designation: 10 Hygiea) is a major asteroid located in the main asteroid belt. With a mean diameter of between 425 and 440 km and a mass estimated to be 3% of the total mass of the belt,[11] it is the fourth-largest asteroid in the Solar System by both volume and mass, and is the largest of the C-type asteroids (dark asteroids with a carbonaceous surface) in classifications that use G type for 1 Ceres. It is very close to spherical, apparently because it had re-accreted after the disruptive impact that produced the large Hygiean family of asteroids.
Quick Facts Discovery, Discovered by ...
Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | A. de Gasparis |
Discovery site | Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte |
Discovery date | 12 April 1849 |
Designations | |
(10) Hygiea | |
Pronunciation | /haɪˈdʒiːə/[2] |
Named after | Hygieia[3] |
A900 GA | |
Main belt (Hygiea family) | |
Adjectives | Hygiean /haɪˈdʒiːən/[4] |
Symbol | (historical astronomical), (modern astrological) |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 170.23 yr (62,175 days) |
Aphelion | 3.4948 AU |
Perihelion | 2.7882 AU |
3.1415 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1125 |
5.57 yr (2033.8 days) | |
Average orbital speed | 16.76 km/s |
152.18° | |
Inclination | 3.8316° |
283.20° | |
312.32° | |
Proper orbital elements[5] | |
Proper semi-major axis | 3.14178 AU |
Proper eccentricity | 0.1356 |
Proper inclination | 5.1039° |
Proper mean motion | 64.6218 deg / yr |
Proper orbital period | 5.57088 yr (2034.762 d) |
Precession of perihelion | 128.544 arcsec / yr |
Precession of the ascending node | −96.9024 arcsec / yr |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 450 km × 430 km × 424 km ± 10 km × 10 km × 20 km |
433±8 km[6] 434±14 km[7] | |
Flattening | 0.06[lower-alpha 1] |
Mass | (8.74±0.69)×1019 kg[6] (8.32±0.80)×1019 kg (representative)[8] |
Mean density | 2.06±0.20 g/cm3[6] 1.94±0.19 g/cm3[8] |
13.82559±0.00005 h[7] | |
0.063[6] 0.0717±0.002[1] | |
Temperature | ≈164 K max: 247 K (−26°C)[9] |
C-type[1] | |
9.0[10] to 11.97 | |
5.64[1] | |
0.321″ to 0.133″ | |
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