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434 Hungaria

434 Hungaria is an E-type inner main-belt asteroid, namesake and largest member of the Hungaria group at 1.78–2.0 AU with high inclinations; parent of the Hungaria collisional family and proposed aubrite meteorite source.

43436 Ansschut

43436 Ansschut (provisional designation 2000 YD42) is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid about 12 km in diameter that shares Jupiter's orbit and poses no hazard to Earth.

4348 Poulydamas

4348 Poulydamas is a large Jupiter Trojan asteroid, about 82 kilometers in diameter, orbiting at Jupiter's trailing L5 point; Carolyn Shoemaker discovered it in 1988.

435 Ella

435 Ella (A898 RA) is a large main-belt asteroid between Mars and Jupiter, not potentially hazardous, rotation period 4.622 h, spectrally matched to the Abee enstatite chondrite, with first detected sublimation-driven dust activity in 2021-2022.

436 Patricia

436 Patricia, provisionally designated 1898 DT, is a large main-belt asteroid about 58.6 kilometers in diameter that orbits the Sun every 5.72 years between Mars and Jupiter.

437 Rhodia

437 Rhodia (1898 DP), a ~13 km main-belt asteroid discovered 16 July 1898 by Auguste Charlois at Nice. E-type, E[III] subgroup, highest IRAS albedo (0.70), slow 433-hour tumbling rotation, period 3.70 years.

43706 Iphiklos

43706 Iphiklos (1416 T-2) is a Jupiter L4 Trojan asteroid about 14.6 km across, discovered 29 September 1973 at Palomar by the van Houtens and Gehrels; it orbits the Sun every 11.80 years at 5.18 AU.

438 Zeuxo

438 Zeuxo (A898 VG), a large dark F-type main-belt asteroid about 59-61 km across, discovered 8 November 1898 at Nice by Auguste Charlois; rotation period 8.831 hours, orbit 2.554 AU, named for an Oceanid nymph.

43P/Wolf-Harrington

43P/Wolf-Harrington (43P/1924 Y1), a Jupiter-family periodic comet discovered by Max Wolf on 22 December 1924; 9.0-year period, carbon-chain-depleted composition, perihelion distance repeatedly changed by close Jupiter passages in 1936 and 2019.

43rd AVN Awards

43rd AVN Awards: 2026 adult-industry awards ceremony held January 24, 2026 at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, hosted by Abigaiil Morris and ItsLo; Jennifer White and Vince Karter won Performer of the Year, Strip won Grand Reel.

43rd British Columbia general election

The 43rd British Columbia general election, held October 19, 2024, elected 93 MLAs under a modernized Election Act. The BC NDP won 47 seats to 44 for the Conservatives and 2 for the Greens, after judicial recounts in Kelowna Centre and Surrey-Guildford.

43rd Infantry Division (United States)

The 43rd Infantry Division was a US Army National Guard division organized in 1923 from New England units that fought in the Pacific in World War II.

43rd Parliament of British Columbia

43rd Parliament of British Columbia: the legislature elected October 19, 2024 with 93 seats, NDP government under David Eby, two sessions (2025, 2026), dissolved September 22, 2026 before the October 24, 2026 election.

43S preinitiation complex

The 43S preinitiation complex (43S PIC) is the assembly of eukaryotic initiation factors and initiator tRNA that forms on the 40S ribosomal subunit before mRNA binding.

44 Nysa

44 Nysa, or Minor Planet Nysa, is a large, bright E-type asteroid in the main belt, discovered from Paris by Hermann Goldschmidt in 1857 and named for the mythical land of Nysa.

440 Theodora

440 Theodora (1898 EC) is a main-belt asteroid discovered 13 October 1898 at Mount Hamilton by E. F. Coddington. About 13.6 km across, it orbits the Sun every 3.29 years and rotates every 4.83 hours.

4400 (TV series)

4400 (TV series) covers The 4400, USA Network's 2004-2007 sci-fi drama about 4,400 vanished people returned unaged with powers, and its 2021 CW reboot 4400, a Detroit-set reimagining canceled after one season.

441 Bathilde

441 Bathilde (1898 ED), main-belt M-type/Xk asteroid discovered by Auguste Charlois at Nice in December 1898; about 65-70 km across, rotation period 10.446 h, orbital period 4.70 years, not a near-Earth object.

442 Eichsfeldia

442 Eichsfeldia (1899 EE), main-belt C/Ch-type asteroid discovered 15 February 1899 at Heidelberg by Wolf and Schwassmann, named by Anton Thraen; diameter about 65.8 km, density 1.25 g/cm³, rotation 11.871 h.

442nd Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 442nd Infantry Regiment, core of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, was a segregated World War II U.S. Army unit of Nisei Japanese Americans with the motto Go for Broke; it became the most decorated U.S. unit for its size and length of service.

443 Photographica

443 Photographica (1899 EF), main-belt asteroid discovered 17 February 1899 at Heidelberg by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann; ~25.5 km S-type, 19.8-hour rotation, 3.3-year orbit, not hazardous.

444 Gyptis

444 Gyptis (A899 FA) is a large C-type main-belt asteroid, about 160 km across, orbiting at 2.77 AU with a 4.63-year period; mass about 8.7e18 kg, Arecibo-radar-detected in 2002.

445 Edna

445 Edna (1899 EX) is a large C-type main-belt asteroid, about 87 km across, discovered 2 October 1899 by E. F. Coddington at Mount Hamilton and named for the wife of Ohio State benefactor Julius F. Stone.

446 Aeternitas

446 Aeternitas, main-belt A-type asteroid discovered 1899 by Wolf and Schwassmann; 56 km diameter, 15.737 h prograde rotation, olivine-rich surface (ol/(ol+px) 0.92), possible pallasite or R chondrite mantle fragment.

448 Natalie

448 Natalie (A899 UC) is a large C-type main-belt asteroid, about 50.5 km across, orbiting the Sun every 5.53 years with an 8.06-hour rotation; not a near-Earth or hazardous object.

4489 Dracius

4489 Dracius, provisionally designated 1988 AK, is a dark Jupiter Trojan asteroid 77 to 95 kilometers wide, discovered by Edward Bowell at Lowell Observatory in 1988.

449 Hamburga

449 Hamburga is a C-type main-belt asteroid about 73 km across, detected in March 2019 with spectral signs of sublimation activity and a temporary exosphere, alongside Themis and Interamnia.

44P/Reinmuth 2

44P/Reinmuth 2 (P/1947 R1) is a Jupiter-family periodic comet discovered by Karl Reinmuth in 1947, with a 7.08-year period, 2.11 AU perihelion, and a Jupiter-perturbed orbit lengthening toward 8.09 years.

44th British Columbia general election

The 44th British Columbia general election, set for October 24, 2026, is a snap election called by Premier David Eby two years early over the Trump trade war, with the BC Conservatives in leadership turmoil.

44th Chess Olympiad

44th Chess Olympiad, the Chennai Chess Olympiad: FIDE team chess tournament held July 28 to August 10, 2022, in Chennai, India, after relocation from Moscow; Uzbekistan won the Open section, Armenia silver, India 2 bronze.