10 Hygiea is a large asteroid in the outer region of the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was the tenth known asteroid, discovered on 12 April 1849 by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis at the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte in Naples, Italy. It was named after Hygieia, the Greek goddess of health. It is the fourth-largest main-belt asteroid by both volume and mass, with a mean diameter of 433 km (269 mi) and a mass constituting 3% of the main asteroid belt's total mass.
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10 Hygiea, lead section
a large asteroid in the outer region of the main asteroid belt
10 Hygiea, infobox (Discovery date)
12 April 1849
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It was the tenth known asteroid, discovered on 12 April 1849 by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis at the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte in Naples, Italy.
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10 Hygiea is a large asteroid in the outer region of the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
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Hygiea has an orbital period of 5.57 Earth years and follows an elliptical orbit where its distance from the Sun ranges between 2.79 AU (420 million km; 260 million mi) at perihelion to 3.49 AU (520 million km; 320 million mi) at aphelion.
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