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10 Hygiea
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10 Hygiea is a large asteroid and possible dwarf planet located in the outer 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...

Instance of
Asteroid
Discoverer / Inventor
Annibale de Gasparis
Parent body
Sun
Significant event
naming
References
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