Asteroid 10 Hygiea

Asteroid 10 Hygiea is currently in the constellation of Cancer. The current Right Ascension of Asteroid 10 Hygiea is 08h 49m 13s and the Declination is +17° 07’ 07” (topocentric coordinates computed for the selected location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]). The current magnitude of Asteroid 10 Hygiea is 11.62 (JPL).

Summary of key facts about Asteroid 10 Hygiea [tip: you can also create a Quick Access page for this data if you access it frequently and would like to have a simpler view]:

If you need to access this information frequently for your observations, you can create a simple customized Quick Access page, so that you can easily bookmark it in your browser favorites or add a shortcut to your mobile phones' home screen.

Additional information about Asteroid 10 Hygiea available on TheSkyLive:

Available Resources

• Position and finder charts (see also Where is Asteroid 10 Hygiea?)
• Distance from Earth (see also How far is Asteroid 10 Hygiea from Earth?)
• Rise and set times (see also When does Asteroid 10 Hygiea rise and set?)
• Brightness (see also How bright is Asteroid 10 Hygiea?)
• Orbital elements. Detailed information about Asteroid 10 Hygiea orbital parameters.
• Interactive orbit visualization. 3d visualization showing the orbit of Asteroid 10 Hygiea with respect to the major Solar System objects.
• Physical data. Detailed information about physical properties of Asteroid 10 Hygiea, such as mass and geometric properties.
• 15 days ephemerides. Table showing celestial coordinates and magnitude of Asteroid 10 Hygiea for the past and next 7 days.
• Interactive sky chart. An online planetarium application that shows where to locate Asteroid 10 Hygiea in the sky from your location.
• Live position tracker. A high precision sky chart that uses real deep sky imagery to help locate Asteroid 10 Hygiea with your telescope or on your astrophotographies.

Higher precision deep sky finder chart, 60 arcmin wide, showing where Asteroid 10 Hygiea is right now. Click on the image to see a more detailed fullscreen tracker view.

Also check out Where is Asteroid 10 Hygiea?, a page that provides all the information needed to find Asteroid 10 Hygiea in the sky and additional links to sky charts.

Asteroid 10 Hygiea Distance from Earth

The distance of Asteroid 10 Hygiea from Earth is currently 498,514,633 kilometers, equivalent to 3.332364 Astronomical Units. Light takes 27 minutes and 42.8658 seconds to travel from Asteroid 10 Hygiea and arrive to us.

The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 10 Hygiea from Earth as a function of time. In the chart the distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with an interval of 1 day.

The value of the reported distance might be somewhat inaccurate around the times of closest approach for objects passing extremely close to Earth. The value of the distance of 10 Hygiea from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Asteroid 10 Hygiea to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100, the closest approach of Asteroid 10 Hygiea to Earth happens on Fri May 20 2078 at a distance of 1.747301 Astronomical Units, or 261,392,568 kilometers:

NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.

Asteroid 10 Hygiea brightness

The current visual magnitude of Asteroid 10 Hygiea is 11.62.

The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of Asteroid 10 Hygiea, according to the most recent ephemerides data. Magnitude data is sampled with a 2 days interval and there might be inaccuracies for objects changing brightness very rapidly during the course of a few days. For comets there could be large discrepancies between the observed and predicted brightness because of their highly dynamic behaviour.

Asteroid 10 Hygiea rise and set times

Today's Asteroid 10 Hygiea rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

The rise and set times are defined as the time at which the upper limb of Asteroid 10 Hygiea touches the horizon, considering the effect of the atmospheric refraction. As the atmospheric conditions cannot be modeled precisely the times reported here should be considered correct with an approximation of few minutes.

Visualization of Asteroid 10 Hygiea Orbit

This 3d orbit diagram is a feature of our 3D Solar System Simulator and shows the orbit of Asteroid 10 Hygiea with respect of the Sun and the orbits of the major planets. The position of Asteroid 10 Hygiea and the planets along their orbits in this diagram accurately represents the current configuration of the objects in the Solar System. This is an experimental feature and it requires a WebGL enabled browser. Please provide us feedback!

Asteroid 10 Hygiea 15 Days Ephemeris

The following table lists the ephemerides of Asteroid 10 Hygiea computed for the past and next 7 days, with a 24 hours interval. Click on each row of the table to locate Asteroid 10 Hygiea in our Online Planetarium at the chosen date.

Date	Right AscensionR.A.	DeclinationDec.	MagnitudeMag	Constellation
2020 Oct 16	08h 43m 14s	+17° 36’ 03”	11.68	Cancer
2020 Oct 17	08h 44m 08s	+17° 31’ 51”	11.67	Cancer
2020 Oct 18	08h 45m 01s	+17° 27’ 42”	11.66	Cancer
2020 Oct 19	08h 45m 52s	+17° 23’ 34”	11.65	Cancer
2020 Oct 20	08h 46m 44s	+17° 19’ 27”	11.65	Cancer
2020 Oct 21	08h 47m 34s	+17° 15’ 20”	11.64	Cancer
2020 Oct 22	08h 48m 24s	+17° 11’ 17”	11.63	Cancer
2020 Oct 23	08h 49m 12s	+17° 07’ 14”	11.62	Cancer
2020 Oct 24	08h 49m 59s	+17° 03’ 14”	11.61	Cancer
2020 Oct 25	08h 50m 47s	+16° 59’ 16”	11.60	Cancer
2020 Oct 26	08h 51m 33s	+16° 55’ 18”	11.59	Cancer
2020 Oct 27	08h 52m 18s	+16° 51’ 24”	11.58	Cancer
2020 Oct 28	08h 53m 03s	+16° 47’ 31”	11.57	Cancer
2020 Oct 29	08h 53m 47s	+16° 43’ 41”	11.56	Cancer