434 Hungaria

Minor Planet | name=434 Hungaria
discoverer=Max Wolf
discovery_date=September 11, 1898
designations=1898 DR
category=Main belt (Hungaria)
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=290.838 Gm (1.944 AU)
perihelion=269.343 Gm (1.8 AU)
aphelion=312.334 Gm (2.088 AU)
eccentricity=0.074
period=990.102 d (2.71 a)
inclination=22.509°
asc_node=175.406°
arg_peri=123.87°
mean_anomaly=134.082°
speed=21.36 km/s
dimensions=13 - 30 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation="unknown"
spectral_class=E
abs_mag=11.21
albedo="unknown"
temperature="unknown"

434 Hungaria is a relatively small inner Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an E-type (high-albedo) asteroid. It is the namesake for Hungaria asteroids which orbit the sun on the inside of the 1:4 Kirkwood gap, standing out of the core of the main belt.cite journal
author=Spratt, Christopher E.
title=The Hungaria group of minor planets
journal=Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Journal (ISSN 0035-872X)
month=April | year=1990
volume=84
issue=2
pages=123–131
url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990JRASC..84..123S
format=abstract ]

It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 11, 1898 at the University of Heidelberg. It was named after an astronomical meeting hosted in Budapest also in 1898.cite journal
author=Kelley, Michael S.; Gaffey, Michael J.
title=High-albedo asteroid 434 Hungaria: Spectrum, composition and genetic connections
journal=Meteoritics & Planetary Science
month=December | year=2002
volume=37
issue=12
pages=1815–1827
url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002M%26PS...37.1815K
format=abstract ]

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

ee also

* Aubrite
* E-type asteroid
* Hungaria family
* (144898) 2004 VD17
* 64 Angelina
* 3103 Eger
* 44 Nysa
* 55 Pandora
* 2867 Šteins

References

External links

* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=434;orb=1 Orbital simulation] from JPL (Java)
* [http://casjobs.sdss.org/ImgCutoutDR6/getjpeg.aspx?ra=175.09348&dec=7.58089&scale=0.396127&width=512&height=512&opt=L&query=&Label=on SDSS image taken on 01APR2003 /Fermats Brother]
* [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992Icar..100...95G Relation between 434 Hungaria, 3103 Eger, and e-type asteroids]
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2008/pdf/5273.pdf Near IR-spectra of 3 Hungaria family asteroids: 4483 Petofi, 3169 Ostro and 3940 Larion]