79360 Sila–Nunam

Summary

79360 Sila–Nunam is a cubewano^[1]. It draws 43 Wikipedia views per month (cubewano category, ranking #8 of 24).^[2]

Key Facts

• 79360 Sila–Nunam is credited with the discovery of Jun Chen^[3].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam is credited with the discovery of Jane Luu^[4].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam is credited with the discovery of David Clifford Jewitt^[5].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam is credited with the discovery of Chadwick Trujillo^[6].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's image is recorded as Sila-nunam.jpg^[7].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's instance of is recorded as cubewano^[8].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's instance of is recorded as binary asteroid^[9].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[10].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[11].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mauna Kea Observatories^[12].
• Silap Inua is named after 79360 Sila–Nunam^[13].
• Nunam is named after 79360 Sila–Nunam^[14].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's follows is recorded as Q15202439^[15].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's followed by is recorded as Q15202388^[16].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[17].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Sila-Nunam symbol (fixed width).svg^[18].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's Commons category is recorded as 79360 Sila-Nunam^[19].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[20].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 CS29^[21].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's has part is recorded as 79360 Sila^[22].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's has part is recorded as Nunam^[23].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-02-03T00:00:00Z^[24].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0272419^[25].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20079360^[26].
• 79360 Sila–Nunam's significant event is recorded as naming^[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include cubewano^[8], binary asteroid^[9], trans-Neptunian object^[10], and asteroid^[11].

History and Context

Things named after include Silap Inua^[13], a deity^[28] and Nunam^[14], a goddess^[29].

Why It Matters

79360 Sila–Nunam draws 43 Wikipedia views per month (cubewano category, ranking #8 of 24).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]