10 Hygiea

Summary

10 Hygiea is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (137 views/month, #8 of 4,107).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10 Hygiea is credited with the discovery of Annibale de Gasparis^[3].
• 10 Hygiea's image is recorded as Hygeia.GIF^[4].
• 10 Hygiea's image is recorded as 10 Hygiea 2MASS.jpg^[5].
• 10 Hygiea's image is recorded as SPHERE image of Hygiea.jpg^[6].
• 10 Hygiea's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].
• 10 Hygiea's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte^[8].
• Hygieia is named after 10 Hygiea^[9].
• 10 Hygiea's follows is recorded as 9 Metis^[10].
• 10 Hygiea's followed by is recorded as 11 Parthenope^[11].
• 10 Hygiea's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 10 Hygiea's page is recorded as 16-16^[13].
• 10 Hygiea's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Hygiea symbol (fixed width).svg^[14].
• 10 Hygiea's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Hygiea symbol (original, fixed width).svg^[15].
• 10 Hygiea's Commons category is recorded as 10 Hygiea^[16].
• 10 Hygiea's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[17].
• 10 Hygiea's Unicode character is recorded as ⯚^[18].
• 10 Hygiea's provisional designation is recorded as A900 GA^[19].
• 10 Hygiea's provisional designation is recorded as A849 GA^[20].
• 10 Hygiea's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1849-04-12T00:00:00Z^[21].
• 10 Hygiea's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/035y_8^[22].
• 10 Hygiea's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000010^[23].
• 10 Hygiea's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[24].
• 10 Hygiea's significant event is recorded as naming^[25].
• 10 Hygiea's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1082238330841652'}^[26].
• 10 Hygiea's flattening is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10 Hygiea's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].

History and Context

Hygieia is named after 10 Hygiea^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for 10 Hygiea include Hygiea family^[28], an asteroid family^[29].

Why It Matters

10 Hygiea ranks in the top 0.19% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (137 views/month, #8 of 4,107).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Hygiea family^[28], an asteroid family^[29].