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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 ...
4 days ago · Asteroid 10 Hygiea is the fourth largest object in the main asteroid belt, with a diameter of approximately 430 kilometers. It was discovered on April 12, 1849, by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis and named after the Greek goddess of health, Hygieia.
Jan 8, 2018 · Asteroid Facts: Hygiea. The image above includes a light-curve derived 3D model of the C-type asteroid designated 10 Hygiea, the fourth largest asteroid in the solar system by both volume and mass, the latter of which is estimated to account for about 2.9% of all the mass in the asteroid belt.
Hygiea is a dwarf planet orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Hygiea as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth. Hygiea orbits the sun every 2,030 days (5.56 years), coming as close as 2.79 AU and reaching as far as 3.49 AU from the sun. Hygiea ...
Nov 26, 2019 · New observations confirm that main asteroid belt object Hygiea is round. It now fulfills all the requirements to graduate from asteroid to dwarf planet. by Javier Barbuzano 26 November 2019.
- Javier Barbuzano
10 Hygiea is the fourth biggest object in the asteroid belt. It is somewhat non- spherical in shape, with diameters of 350 – 500 km. Its mass is estimated to be 3% of the total mass of the asteroid belt. It is the biggest of the class of dark C-type asteroids with a carbonaceous surface that are dominant in the farther part main belt, which ...
Oct 28, 2019 · About 430 kilometers across, Hygiea would unseat Ceres, with its 950-kilometer diameter, as the smallest dwarf planet discovered in our solar system, researchers report online October 28 in...
