(434) Hungaria

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(434 ) Hungaria, an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on September 11, 1898 by Max Wolf in Heidelberg. The asteroid was named during an astronomy conference, which was held in Budapest in 1898 after the host country Hungary.

(434 ) Hungaria is the prototype of the asteroid Hungaria group: Characteristic of this group is the 9:2 - orbital resonance with the planet Jupiter. The asteroid of this group have nearly circular orbits (mean eccentricity 0.08) with semiaxes 1.7 to 2 AE ( ie in the innermost region of the asteroid belt ), which are highly inclined (17 ° to 27 ° ) to the ecliptic.

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