434 Hungaria is a relatively small asteroid orbiting in the inner asteroid belt that is approximately 11 kilometers in diameter. 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 434 Hungaria, 3103 Eger and the aubrite meteorites may share a common origin.
See also Aubrite E-type asteroid Hungaria family 1025 Riema 1103 Sequoia 1453 Fennia 1750 Eckert 7187 Isobe
References
External links , Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2011) SDSS image taken on 01APR2003 /Fermats Brother Relation between 434 Hungaria, 3103 Eger, and e-type asteroids Near IR-spectra of 3 Hungaria family asteroids: 4483 Petofi, 3169 Ostro and 3940 Larion Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info ) Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center