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Hygiea is a new dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter in the Asteroid Belt with very little craters and a unknown hystory.

Hygiea orignaly was discovered on April 12, 1849

but just set aside as another asteroid in the Asteroid Belt

but on October 28, 2019 Hygiea got it's first picture taken and was set from Asteroid Status to Dwarf Planet.

Hygiea
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