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(10) Hygiea

Orbital Elements

   (10) Hygiea
Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5                 Goffin
M 349.06609              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.17726869     Peri.  314.35439     -0.52813284     +0.84666099
a   3.1384463      Node   283.66077     -0.75878779     -0.50496273
e   0.1194624      Incl.    3.84272     -0.38120440     -0.16786249
P   5.56           H    5.43          G   0.15           U   0
From 2261 observations at 104 oppositions, 1849-1999, mean residual 0".53.

These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
 
2000 02 26    16 09.58   -24 40.0    2.561    2.772    91.6    20.9    10.7
2000 03 02    16 14.17   -24 54.8    2.493    2.771    95.6    20.9    10.7
2000 03 07    16 18.30   -25 08.1    2.425    2.770    99.6    20.7    10.6
2000 03 12    16 21.93   -25 19.8    2.358    2.769   103.8    20.4    10.5
2000 03 17    16 25.02   -25 30.0    2.293    2.768   108.0    20.0    10.4
2000 03 22    16 27.55   -25 38.7    2.229    2.767   112.4    19.5    10.4
2000 03 27    16 29.47   -25 45.9    2.167    2.766   116.9    18.8    10.3
2000 04 01    16 30.76   -25 51.4    2.108    2.765   121.5    17.9    10.2
2000 04 06    16 31.38   -25 55.3    2.052    2.765   126.3    17.0    10.1
2000 04 11    16 31.33   -25 57.5    1.999    2.764   131.2    15.8    10.0
2000 04 16    16 30.61   -25 57.8    1.951    2.764   136.2    14.6     9.9
2000 04 21    16 29.22   -25 56.1    1.906    2.764   141.4    13.1     9.8
2000 04 26    16 27.20   -25 52.3    1.867    2.764   146.7    11.5     9.7
2000 05 01    16 24.58   -25 46.4    1.833    2.764   152.1     9.8     9.6
2000 05 06    16 21.44   -25 38.2    1.804    2.764   157.6     8.0     9.5
2000 05 11    16 17.86   -25 27.8    1.782    2.764   163.1     6.1     9.4
2000 05 16    16 13.96   -25 15.2    1.766    2.764   168.6     4.1     9.2
2000 05 21    16 09.85   -25 00.8    1.757    2.765   173.7     2.3     9.1
2000 05 26    16 05.65   -24 44.7    1.754    2.765   176.1     1.4     9.1
2000 05 31    16 01.50   -24 27.3    1.758    2.766   172.4     2.8     9.2
2000 06 05    15 57.52   -24 09.1    1.769    2.767   167.1     4.7     9.3
2000 06 10    15 53.84   -23 50.6    1.786    2.768   161.6     6.6     9.4
2000 06 15    15 50.57   -23 32.4    1.809    2.769   156.1     8.5     9.5
2000 06 20    15 47.77   -23 14.9    1.839    2.770   150.7    10.3     9.6
2000 06 25    15 45.52   -22 58.5    1.874    2.771   145.4    12.0     9.7
2000 06 30    15 43.85   -22 43.7    1.914    2.773   140.3    13.6     9.8
2000 07 05    15 42.81   -22 30.8    1.958    2.774   135.2    15.0     9.9
2000 07 10    15 42.40   -22 19.9    2.007    2.776   130.4    16.2    10.0
2000 07 15    15 42.63   -22 11.1    2.060    2.778   125.6    17.3    10.1
2000 07 20    15 43.48   -22 04.6    2.116    2.779   121.0    18.3    10.2
2000 07 25    15 44.93   -22 00.2    2.174    2.781   116.6    19.1    10.3
2000 07 30    15 46.96   -21 57.9    2.236    2.783   112.3    19.7    10.4
2000 08 04    15 49.55   -21 57.5    2.299    2.786   108.1    20.3    10.5
2000 08 09    15 52.66   -21 58.8    2.364    2.788   104.0    20.7    10.5
2000 08 14    15 56.27   -22 01.8    2.430    2.790   100.0    20.9    10.6
2000 08 19    16 00.35   -22 06.2    2.497    2.793    96.2    21.1    10.7
2000 08 24    16 04.86   -22 11.6    2.564    2.795    92.4    21.2    10.7

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