Hygiea

Hygiea — asteroid, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore Hygiea in a live 3D Solar System. Follow its calculated motion and inspect real astronomical data, distances and orbital facts.

A dark, carbon-rich world big enough to have pulled itself almost round. VLT images in 2019 found it nearly spherical, making it a candidate to join Ceres as a dwarf planet.

Diameter

~434 km (VLT/SPHERE)

Discovered

1849 — Annibale de Gasparis, Naples

Year

5.59 Earth years

Day

13 h 50 m

Shape

Nearly round — a dwarf-planet candidate

Rank

Fourth-largest body in the asteroid belt

Model

ESO VLT/SPHERE imaging · Vernazza et al. 2020

Attitude

Illustrative; not a predicted pole orientation

Explore Hygiea in 3D

Cosmoscope places Hygiea in the Solar System using astronomical ephemeris or orbital elements, updated for the simulation time. Explore its calculated motion, distance and orbital facts in the interactive 3D view. Accuracy depends on the orbital model and its valid time range.