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Minor Planet Center

(10) Hygiea

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 35055:
   (10) Hygiea
Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5                 Goffin
M 309.58896              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.17716500     Peri.  313.23677     -0.54557472     +0.83553073
a   3.1396707      Node   283.59055     -0.74819739     -0.52059150
e   0.1191926      Incl.    3.83965     -0.37755647     -0.17570682
P   5.56           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.

Personalized ephemerides for this object (and others) can be generated using the MPES.

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2005 01 01    12 25.06   -06 47.7    2.757    2.961    92.2    19.4    11.0
2005 01 06    12 28.25   -07 16.6    2.682    2.956    96.3    19.3    10.9
2005 01 11    12 31.04   -07 43.1    2.607    2.951   100.6    19.1    10.8
2005 01 16    12 33.39   -08 07.2    2.534    2.945   105.0    18.8    10.8
2005 01 21    12 35.28   -08 28.5    2.462    2.940   109.5    18.4    10.7
2005 01 26    12 36.67   -08 46.9    2.392    2.935   114.1    17.8    10.6
2005 01 31    12 37.55   -09 02.2    2.324    2.930   118.9    17.1    10.5
2005 02 05    12 37.88   -09 14.1    2.260    2.925   123.8    16.3    10.4
2005 02 10    12 37.65   -09 22.5    2.198    2.920   128.8    15.3    10.3
2005 02 15    12 36.86   -09 27.2    2.141    2.915   133.9    14.1    10.2
2005 02 20    12 35.52   -09 28.0    2.088    2.910   139.2    12.8    10.1
2005 02 25    12 33.64   -09 25.0    2.041    2.905   144.6    11.4    10.0
2005 03 02    12 31.26   -09 18.1    1.998    2.900   150.1     9.8     9.9
2005 03 07    12 28.42   -09 07.4    1.962    2.895   155.7     8.1     9.8
2005 03 12    12 25.20   -08 53.1    1.932    2.890   161.3     6.3     9.7
2005 03 17    12 21.68   -08 35.6    1.908    2.886   166.8     4.5     9.5
2005 03 22    12 17.96   -08 15.4    1.892    2.881   171.7     2.9     9.4
2005 03 27    12 14.15   -07 53.0    1.882    2.877   174.2     2.0     9.3
2005 04 01    12 10.36   -07 29.2    1.880    2.872   171.7     2.9     9.4
2005 04 06    12 06.70   -07 04.6    1.884    2.868   166.8     4.6     9.5
2005 04 11    12 03.26   -06 40.0    1.896    2.864   161.4     6.4     9.6
2005 04 16    12 00.16   -06 16.1    1.914    2.859   155.8     8.3     9.7
2005 04 21    11 57.46   -05 53.6    1.938    2.855   150.3    10.0     9.8
2005 04 26    11 55.24   -05 33.1    1.968    2.851   144.9    11.7     9.9
2005 05 01    11 53.54   -05 15.1    2.003    2.847   139.7    13.2    10.0
2005 05 06    11 52.38   -05 00.0    2.044    2.843   134.5    14.7    10.1
2005 05 11    11 51.79   -04 48.0    2.088    2.839   129.5    15.9    10.2
2005 05 16    11 51.77   -04 39.4    2.136    2.836   124.6    17.1    10.2
2005 05 21    11 52.31   -04 34.2    2.187    2.832   120.0    18.0    10.3
2005 05 26    11 53.40   -04 32.5    2.241    2.828   115.4    18.9    10.4
2005 05 31    11 55.01   -04 34.3    2.298    2.825   111.0    19.6    10.5
2005 06 05    11 57.12   -04 39.3    2.356    2.821   106.8    20.1    10.5
2005 06 10    11 59.72   -04 47.6    2.416    2.818   102.7    20.6    10.6
2005 06 15    12 02.76   -04 59.0    2.477    2.815    98.7    20.9    10.7
2005 06 20    12 06.22   -05 13.4    2.538    2.812    94.8    21.1    10.7

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