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- proper noun Greek mythology the Greek
goddess ofhealth - proper noun 10 Hygiea, the
asteroid
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I mean, Oregon is 420 x 580 km, and if we start calling Hygiea a planet pretty soon Oregon will want to be treated like California, or at least a moon of California.
Wherein I argue emotionally about the definition of "planet" - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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And for the highlights you would have the 4 biggest ones: Ceres, Vesta, Pallas and Hygiea each one the size of a moon.
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And for the highlights you would have the 4 biggest ones: Ceres, Vesta, Pallas and Hygiea each one the size of a moon.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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In Italy, votive tablets were dedicated to Iris and Hygiea on which footmarks were engraved; and Hygiea received on one occasion tributes of this kind which recorded the gratitude of some Roman soldiers who escaped the amputation which was inflicted upon their comrades by Hannibal.
Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan
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Dr Burgess in his exposition of the action of climate on the lungs and skin; but it may be useful, and at any rate amusing, to trace his iconoclastic progress through the popular shrines of Hygiea on the continent.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852 Various 1841
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More than half the mass of the main belt is contained in the four largest objects: 1 Ceres, 4 Vesta, 2 Pallas, and 10 Hygiea.
WN.com - Articles related to Report on controlling NASA mission costs 2010
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More than half the mass of the main belt is contained in the four largest objects: 1 Ceres, 4 Vesta, 2 Pallas, and 10 Hygiea.
WN.com - Articles related to Report on controlling NASA mission costs 2010
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More than half the mass of the main belt is contained in the four largest objects: 1 Ceres, 4 Vesta, 2 Pallas, and 10 Hygiea.
WN.com - Articles related to Report on controlling NASA mission costs 2010
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The pool was flanked by huge statues of Hercules, Hygiea, Nemesis, Asklepios and Genius.
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Hecuba orbits within the Hygiea family of asteroids
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