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3908 Nyx

Amor and Mars-crosser asteroid

Field	Value
minorplanet	yes
background	#FFC2E0
name	3908 Nyx
image	3908 nyx-s02.jpg
discoverer	Hans-Emil Schuster
discovered	6 August 1980
mpc_name	(3908) Nyx
alt_names	1980 PA;
pronounced
named_after	Nyx
adjectives	Nyctian
mp_category	Amor; Mars-crosser
epoch	27 July 2005 (JD 2453578.5)
semimajor	1.92719 AU
perihelion	1.04239 AU
aphelion	2.81198 AU
eccentricity	0.45911
period	2.68 yr (977.20 d)
inclination	2.17667°
asc_node	261.688°
arg_peri	125.978°
mean_anomaly	99.7699°
rotation	4.42601 h
spectral_type	V
abs_magnitude	17.3
albedo	0.23
mean_motion	/ day
orbit_ref
mean_radius	0.5 ± 0.075 km
observation_arc	13021 days (35.65 yr)
uncertainty	0
moid	0.0563399 AU

Note

the Mars-crossing asteroid

3908 Nyx is an Amor and Mars-crosser asteroid. It was discovered by Hans-Emil Schuster on August 6, 1980, and is named after Nyx, the Greek goddess of the night, after which Pluto's moon Nix is also named. It is 1 - in diameter and is a V-type asteroid, meaning that it may be a fragment of the asteroid 4 Vesta.

Observations

In 2000, radar observations conducted at the Arecibo and Goldstone observatories produced a model of Nyx's shape; the asteroid can best be described as spherical but with many protruding lumps.

Name

To avoid confusion with 3908 Nyx, Pluto's moon Nix was changed from the initial proposal of the classical spelling Nyx, to Nix.{{cite web | access-date=2006-08-15 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060819065838/http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/append7.html| archive-date= 19 August 2006 | url-status= live}}

References

"3908 Nyx (1980 PA)". [[NASA]]/[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]].

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