3908 Nyx

Summary

3908 Nyx is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3908 Nyx is credited with the discovery of Hans-Emil Schuster^[3].
• 3908 Nyx's image is recorded as 3908 nyx-s02.jpg^[4].
• 3908 Nyx's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 3908 Nyx's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 3908 Nyx's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[7].
• Nyx is named after 3908 Nyx^[8].
• 3908 Nyx's follows is recorded as Q152351^[9].
• 3908 Nyx's followed by is recorded as Q1046670^[10].
• 3908 Nyx's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[11].
• 3908 Nyx's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 3908 Nyx's Commons category is recorded as 3908 Nyx^[13].
• 3908 Nyx's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 3908 Nyx's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 PA^[15].
• 3908 Nyx's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 XB1^[16].
• 3908 Nyx's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1980-08-06T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 3908 Nyx's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02sz3_^[18].
• 3908 Nyx's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003908^[19].
• 3908 Nyx's asteroid spectral type is recorded as V-type asteroid^[20].
• 3908 Nyx's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 3908 Nyx's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.459'}^[22].
• 3908 Nyx's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4594763'}^[23].
• 3908 Nyx's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4590032613687189'}^[24].
• 3908 Nyx's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.3'}^[25].
• 3908 Nyx's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.45'}^[26].
• 3908 Nyx's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.18592'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[5] and near-Earth object^[6].

History and Context

Nyx is named after 3908 Nyx^[8].

Why It Matters

3908 Nyx ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]