(150) Nuwa

(150) Nuwa is an asteroid belonging to the asteroid belt discovered by James Craig Watson from the Detroit Observatory in Ann Arbor, United States, on October 18, 1875. It is named after Nüwa (traditional Chinese 女媧; simplified Chinese 女娲 Pinyin "nǚwā"), a goddess in Chinese mythology.

Orbital characteristics

Nuwa is located at an average distance of 2,982 AU from the Sun, and can get as close as 2,605 AU. Its orbital inclination is 2.193° and eccentricity 0.1263. It takes 1881 days to complete one orbit around the Sun.