434 Hungaria Explained

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434 Hungaria
Discoverer:Max Wolf
Discovered:11 September 1898
Mpc Name:(434) Hungaria
Alt Names:1898 DR
Named After:Hungary
Mp Category:Asteroid belt (Hungaria)
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Semimajor:1.9444AU
Perihelion:1.8011AU
Aphelion:2.0878abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Eccentricity:0.073725
Period:2.71 yr (990.34 d)
Inclination:22.511°
Asc Node:175.332°
Arg Peri:123.80°
Mean Anomaly:221.145°
Dimensions:~11 km
Rotation:26.521abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Spectral Type:E
Abs Magnitude:11.21
Albedo:0.428
Mean Motion: / day
Observation Arc:117.58 yr (42946 d)
Uncertainty:0

434 Hungaria is a relatively small asteroid orbiting in the inner asteroid belt. It is an E-type (high-albedo) asteroid. It is the namesake of the Hungaria asteroids, which orbit the Sun on the inside of the 1:4 Kirkwood gap, standing out of the core of the asteroid belt.

It was discovered by Max Wolf on 11 September 1898 at the University of Heidelberg. It was named after Hungary, which hosted an astronomical meeting in 1898 in Budapest.

It is thought that there may be a genetic connection between 434 Hungaria and 3103 Eger and the aubrites.

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