Hygiea

1. The fourth largest asteroid, having a diameter of about 430 km (267 mi).

2. See more at asteroid

Example Sentences

Indeed, there are multiple other relatively massive bodies — Vesta, Pallas, and Hygiea — also in Ceres' vicinity.

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That’s what my “Hygiea” piece is at the Armory.

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Hygiea would be the smallest dwarf planet with a rotation rate of around 13.8 hours.

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The findings and new images that suggest Hygiea is actually a dwarf planet were published in Nature Astronomy by astronomer Pierre Vernazza of the Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille in France and his team of researchers.

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Hygiea is the main member of one of the largest asteroid families that originated from the same parent body.

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