(10) Hygiea

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 35055:
   (10) Hygiea
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   Goffin
M 131.34225              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.17748744     Peri.  313.95822     -0.53402039     +0.84295831
a   3.1358670      Node   283.65758     -0.75524495     -0.51024597
e   0.1193565      Incl.    3.84387     -0.38003592     -0.17050029
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
 
2002 08 14    03 05.73   +21 24.4    3.297    3.467    91.0    17.0    11.6
2002 08 19    03 08.22   +21 38.5    3.228    3.470    95.2    16.9    11.6
2002 08 24    03 10.30   +21 51.0    3.159    3.472    99.5    16.7    11.5
2002 08 29    03 11.95   +22 01.8    3.090    3.474   103.9    16.4    11.5
2002 09 03    03 13.14   +22 10.8    3.023    3.476   108.4    16.0    11.4
2002 09 08    03 13.84   +22 17.9    2.958    3.478   113.1    15.5    11.3
2002 09 13    03 14.04   +22 23.0    2.895    3.481   117.8    14.8    11.3
2002 09 18    03 13.72   +22 26.1    2.835    3.483   122.7    14.0    11.2
2002 09 23    03 12.88   +22 27.0    2.778    3.484   127.8    13.2    11.1
2002 09 28    03 11.53   +22 25.5    2.725    3.486   133.0    12.1    11.0
2002 10 03    03 09.66   +22 21.7    2.677    3.488   138.3    11.0    11.0
2002 10 08    03 07.30   +22 15.5    2.634    3.490   143.7     9.8    10.9
2002 10 13    03 04.49   +22 06.7    2.596    3.492   149.3     8.4    10.8
2002 10 18    03 01.30   +21 55.5    2.565    3.493   154.9     7.0    10.7
2002 10 23    02 57.77   +21 42.0    2.541    3.495   160.6     5.4    10.6
2002 10 28    02 54.00   +21 26.3    2.523    3.496   166.2     3.9    10.5
2002 11 02    02 50.05   +21 08.7    2.513    3.497   171.6     2.4    10.4
2002 11 07    02 46.03   +20 49.4    2.510    3.499   175.3     1.3    10.3
2002 11 12    02 42.04   +20 29.1    2.515    3.500   173.3     1.9    10.4
2002 11 17    02 38.17   +20 08.1    2.528    3.501   168.1     3.3    10.5
2002 11 22    02 34.52   +19 46.9    2.548    3.502   162.5     4.9    10.6
2002 11 27    02 31.16   +19 26.1    2.575    3.503   156.7     6.4    10.7
2002 12 02    02 28.15   +19 06.1    2.609    3.504   151.0     7.8    10.8
2002 12 07    02 25.57   +18 47.3    2.650    3.505   145.3     9.2    10.9
2002 12 12    02 23.45   +18 30.3    2.697    3.506   139.7    10.5    11.0
2002 12 17    02 21.83   +18 15.3    2.749    3.507   134.2    11.6    11.1
2002 12 22    02 20.72   +18 02.6    2.806    3.507   128.8    12.6    11.1
2002 12 27    02 20.12   +17 52.2    2.867    3.508   123.6    13.5    11.2
2003 01 01    02 20.04   +17 44.4    2.932    3.508   118.4    14.3    11.3
2003 01 06    02 20.47   +17 39.2    3.000    3.509   113.4    14.9    11.4
2003 01 11    02 21.39   +17 36.5    3.071    3.509   108.5    15.4    11.4
2003 01 16    02 22.79   +17 36.3    3.143    3.509   103.8    15.8    11.5
2003 01 21    02 24.63   +17 38.5    3.217    3.510    99.1    16.1    11.6
2003 01 26    02 26.91   +17 42.8    3.292    3.510    94.6    16.2    11.6
2003 01 31    02 29.59   +17 49.3    3.367    3.510    90.1    16.3    11.7

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