(10) Hygiea

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 35055:
   (10) Hygiea
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Goffin
M  60.14205              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.17736255     Peri.  314.18384     -0.53073495     +0.84503089
a   3.1373389      Node   283.65501     -0.75722742     -0.50730189
e   0.1192984      Incl.    3.84369     -0.38069285     -0.16901952
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.

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
 
2001 06 10    22 53.44   -04 07.4    2.789    3.068    96.1    19.2    11.1
2001 06 15    22 55.81   -03 44.9    2.727    3.073   100.2    19.0    11.0
2001 06 20    22 57.75   -03 24.8    2.666    3.079   104.4    18.6    11.0
2001 06 25    22 59.23   -03 07.2    2.606    3.085   108.7    18.2    10.9
2001 06 30    23 00.24   -02 52.4    2.547    3.091   113.1    17.6    10.8
2001 07 05    23 00.76   -02 40.5    2.491    3.097   117.7    16.9    10.8
2001 07 10    23 00.79   -02 31.6    2.438    3.103   122.3    16.1    10.7
2001 07 15    23 00.31   -02 25.8    2.387    3.108   127.2    15.1    10.6
2001 07 20    22 59.32   -02 23.2    2.340    3.114   132.1    14.0    10.5
2001 07 25    22 57.82   -02 24.0    2.297    3.120   137.2    12.8    10.5
2001 07 30    22 55.85   -02 27.9    2.259    3.126   142.4    11.4    10.4
2001 08 04    22 53.44   -02 35.1    2.226    3.132   147.8     9.9    10.3
2001 08 09    22 50.62   -02 45.1    2.199    3.138   153.2     8.4    10.2
2001 08 14    22 47.45   -02 58.0    2.178    3.143   158.7     6.7    10.1
2001 08 19    22 44.01   -03 13.2    2.163    3.149   164.2     5.0    10.0
2001 08 24    22 40.36   -03 30.4    2.155    3.155   169.6     3.3     9.9
2001 08 29    22 36.61   -03 49.2    2.154    3.161   174.2     1.9     9.8
2001 09 03    22 32.85   -04 08.9    2.160    3.166   174.8     1.6     9.8
2001 09 08    22 29.16   -04 29.0    2.174    3.172   170.7     2.9     9.9
2001 09 13    22 25.64   -04 49.0    2.194    3.178   165.4     4.6    10.0
2001 09 18    22 22.38   -05 08.4    2.221    3.183   159.8     6.2    10.2
2001 09 23    22 19.45   -05 26.7    2.255    3.189   154.3     7.8    10.3
2001 09 28    22 16.93   -05 43.4    2.295    3.195   148.8     9.4    10.4
2001 10 03    22 14.84   -05 58.2    2.341    3.200   143.4    10.8    10.5
2001 10 08    22 13.24   -06 10.8    2.392    3.206   138.0    12.0    10.6
2001 10 13    22 12.13   -06 21.0    2.449    3.211   132.8    13.2    10.7
2001 10 18    22 11.55   -06 28.7    2.509    3.217   127.7    14.2    10.8
2001 10 23    22 11.48   -06 33.6    2.574    3.222   122.7    15.1    10.9
2001 10 28    22 11.92   -06 35.9    2.642    3.228   117.8    15.8    10.9
2001 11 02    22 12.86   -06 35.5    2.713    3.233   113.1    16.4    11.0
2001 11 07    22 14.27   -06 32.3    2.786    3.239   108.4    16.9    11.1
2001 11 12    22 16.14   -06 26.6    2.861    3.244   103.9    17.2    11.2
2001 11 17    22 18.43   -06 18.2    2.937    3.250    99.5    17.5    11.2
2001 11 22    22 21.13   -06 07.4    3.015    3.255    95.1    17.6    11.3
2001 11 27    22 24.20   -05 54.1    3.092    3.260    90.9    17.6    11.4

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