(150) Nuwa

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(150 ) Nuwa is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt, which was discovered on October 18, 1875 by James Craig Watson. Of the heavenly bodies was named after a character from Chinese mythology.

Nuwa is between 2,590 ( perihelion ) astronomical units to 3,368 astronomical units ( aphelion ) in 5.14 years of the sun. The orbit is inclined 2.194 ° to the ecliptic, the orbital eccentricity is 0.131.

Nuwa has a diameter of 151 km. It has a dark carbon-rich surface with an albedo of 0.040. In about 8 hours and 8 minutes to rotate around its own axis.

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