150 Nuwa
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| Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
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| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Semimajor axis | 2.981 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 2.591 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 3.370 AU |
| Orbital period | 5.15 years |
| Inclination | 2.19° |
| Eccentricity | 0.131 |
| Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
| Diameter | 151.1 km |
| Rotation period | 8.14 hours |
| Spectral class 5 (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT) | C |
| Abs. magnitude | 8.23 |
| Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.040 |
| History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
| Discoverer | J. C. Watson, 1875 |
150 Nuwa is a large Main belt asteroid. It is composed of primitive carbonaceous chondritic material. The surface is exceedingly dark, only about 4% of the received light is reflected back.
It was discovered by J. C. Watson on October 18, 1875 and named after Nüwa, the Chinese creator goddess.
On December 17, 1999, a star was occulted by Nuwa.
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