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1452 Hunnia, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous Meliboean
asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere. ...
from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 26 February 1938, by Hungarian astronomer
György Kulin György Kulin ( Nagyszalonta 28 January 1905 – 22 April 1989 Budapest) was a Hungarian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He discovered 21 asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of a ...
at the Konkoly Observatory in Budapest. The asteroid was named in honor of the Hungarian nation.


Orbit and classification

''Hunnia'' is a member of the
Meliboea family An asteroid family is a population of asteroids that share similar proper orbital elements, such as semimajor axis, eccentricity, and orbital inclination. The members of the families are thought to be fragments of past asteroid collisions. An ...
(), a smaller
asteroid family An asteroid family is a population of asteroids that share similar proper orbital elements, such as semimajor axis, eccentricity, and orbital inclination. The members of the families are thought to be fragments of past asteroid collisions. An a ...
of a few hundred carbonaceous
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External links


Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)
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Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
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– Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend

– Minor Planet Center * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunnia 001452 Discoveries by György Kulin Named minor planets 19380226