3908 Nyx

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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.

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apoapsis (km)

4.20707e+11

average speed (km/s)

72972.0

orbital period (μ)

8.44856e+07

periapsis (km)

1.56151e+11

absolute magnitude

17.3

albedo

0.23

discovery date

1980-08-06

discoverer

Hans-Emil Schuster

epoch

June 14 2006 (JD 2453900.5)

escape velocity (kmh)

1.8

former name

1980 PA;

rotation period (s)

15933.6