(10) Hygiea
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 35055:(10) Hygiea Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5 Goffin M 238.09969 (2000.0) P Q n 0.17746705 Peri. 313.74641 -0.53719278 +0.84094030 a 3.1361072 Node 283.65352 -0.75331936 -0.51308840 e 0.1193332 Incl. 3.84372 -0.37938616 -0.17192938 P 5.55 H 5.43 G 0.15 U 0 From 2261 observations at 104 oppositions, 1849-1999, mean residual 0".53.An explanation of the orbital elements is available.
These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.
Ephemeris
The following ephemeris is at intervals of five days. A daily ephemeris covering the same time interval is also available.
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2003 12 07 07 35.19 +21 48.6 2.545 3.380 142.4 10.2 10.8 2003 12 12 07 32.50 +21 50.6 2.500 3.376 148.1 8.9 10.7 2003 12 17 07 29.33 +21 53.3 2.460 3.372 153.9 7.4 10.6 2003 12 22 07 25.73 +21 56.5 2.427 3.367 159.8 5.8 10.5 2003 12 27 07 21.78 +22 00.0 2.401 3.363 165.9 4.1 10.3 2004 01 01 07 17.56 +22 03.6 2.382 3.359 171.9 2.4 10.2 2004 01 06 07 13.18 +22 07.1 2.372 3.354 178.0 0.6 10.0 2004 01 11 07 08.75 +22 10.2 2.368 3.350 175.8 1.2 10.1 2004 01 16 07 04.37 +22 12.8 2.373 3.345 169.7 3.0 10.2 2004 01 21 07 00.16 +22 14.9 2.385 3.341 163.7 4.7 10.3 2004 01 26 06 56.21 +22 16.3 2.405 3.336 157.7 6.4 10.4 2004 01 31 06 52.63 +22 17.1 2.431 3.332 151.8 8.0 10.5 2004 02 05 06 49.48 +22 17.2 2.464 3.327 146.0 9.5 10.6 2004 02 10 06 46.84 +22 16.8 2.503 3.322 140.3 10.9 10.7 2004 02 15 06 44.73 +22 15.8 2.547 3.318 134.8 12.2 10.8 2004 02 20 06 43.21 +22 14.4 2.596 3.313 129.4 13.3 10.9 2004 02 25 06 42.27 +22 12.5 2.650 3.308 124.1 14.3 11.0 2004 03 01 06 41.93 +22 10.2 2.707 3.303 119.0 15.2 11.0 2004 03 06 06 42.18 +22 07.5 2.767 3.298 114.1 15.9 11.1 2004 03 11 06 42.99 +22 04.3 2.829 3.293 109.2 16.5 11.2 2004 03 16 06 44.35 +22 00.8 2.893 3.288 104.6 17.0 11.2 2004 03 21 06 46.24 +21 56.7 2.959 3.283 100.1 17.4 11.3 2004 03 26 06 48.63 +21 52.1 3.026 3.278 95.7 17.6 11.3 2004 12 31 12 24.37 -06 41.6 2.772 2.963 91.3 19.4 11.0 2005 01 05 12 27.65 -07 11.0 2.696 2.957 95.5 19.3 10.9 2005 01 10 12 30.52 -07 38.0 2.622 2.952 99.7 19.2 10.8 2005 01 15 12 32.96 -08 02.6 2.548 2.946 104.1 18.9 10.8 2005 01 20 12 34.94 -08 24.5 2.476 2.941 108.6 18.5 10.7 2005 01 25 12 36.43 -08 43.5 2.406 2.936 113.2 18.0 10.6 2005 01 30 12 37.41 -08 59.4 2.338 2.931 117.9 17.3 10.5
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