Hungaria family


The Hungaria family is a collisional asteroid family of at least 2,966 known asteroids, named for its largest member, the -across asteroid 434 Hungaria. It lies within the larger dynamical group of Hungaria asteroids, a group of asteroids in the far inner asteroid belt, with semimajor axes of 1.78 to 2.00 AU. All members of the family are bright E-type asteroids with albedos of around 0.35-0.6.
An asteroid family is a group of physically related asteroids usually created by a collision with an original larger asteroid, with the fragments continuing on similar orbits to the original. This is distinct from a dynamical group in that the members of a dynamical group only share similar orbits because of gravitational interactions with planets, which concentrate asteroids in a particular orbital range. Members of the Hungaria family are both part of the wider Hungaria dynamical group, and fragments of 434 Hungaria. The family is considered a catastrophic asteroid family because 434 Hungaria, its largest member, makes up only a fifth of the family's mass.
The family has been variously estimated to be million years, 275 million years, and million years old.

Large members

NameAbs. MagSize proper
a
proper
e
proper
i
434 Hungaria11.24111.94430.07820.868
1103 Sequoia12.216.71.93360.08320.847
3169 Ostro12.864.71.89180.07022.357
4031 Mueller13.273.91.93420.07120.624
3086 Kalbaugh13.454.01.93580.04821.800
1919 Clemence13.583.31.93600.07520.980
5390 Huichiming13.663.41.93910.05921.111
5427 Jensmartin13.743.21.93170.08521.162
4232 Aparicio13.783.31.93620.06320.608
5378 Ellyett13.813.01.93420.07321.213