Hungaria asteroids

"Hungaria asteroid" redirects here. For the namesake asteroid from which the group takes its name, see 434 Hungaria.

The Hungaria asteroids, also known as the Hungaria group, are a dynamical group of asteroids in the asteroid belt[1] which orbit the Sun with a semi-major axis (longest radius of an ellipse) between 1.78 and 2.00 astronomical units (AU).[2] They are the innermost dense concentration of asteroids in the Solar System—the near-Earth asteroids are much more sparse—and derive their name from their largest member 434 Hungaria. The Hungaria group includes the Hungaria family (FIN: 003), a collisional asteroid family which dominates its population.[3][4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Spratt-1990 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ Ćuk, Matija; Gladman, Brett J.; Nesvorný, David (2014). "Hungaria asteroid family as the source of aubrite meteorites". Icarus. 239: 154–159. arXiv:1406.0825. Bibcode:2014Icar..239..154C. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.05.048.
  4. ^ Galiazzo, Mattia A.; Bazsó, Ákos; Dvorak, Rudolf (2013). "Fugitives from the Hungaria region: Close encounters and impacts with terrestrial planets". Planetary and Space Science. 84: 5–13. arXiv:1210.1418. Bibcode:2013P&SS...84....5G. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2013.03.017.