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Loading contentA large family of dark, carbonaceous asteroids in the outer main belt, named for its largest member, 10 Hygiea.
A large family of dark, carbonaceous asteroids in the outer main belt, named for its largest member, 10 Hygiea.
1 modelled member.
The fourth-largest asteroid and the largest carbonaceous one, nearly spherical, the parent of the Hygiea family.
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