150 Nuwa [SEP] discoverer or inventor
150 Nuwa
Nuwa (minor planet designation: 150 Nuwa) is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer James Craig Watson on October 18, 1875, and named after Nüwa, the Chinese creator goddess. It is listed as a member of the Hecuba group of asteroids that orbit near the 2:1 mean-motion resonance with Jupiter. Based upon the spectrum it is classified as a C-type asteroid, which indicates that it is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous chondritic material and the surface is
Nuwa (disambiguation)
Nuwa or NUWA may refer to:
- Nüwa, a Chinese creator goddess
- Jingwei, a Chinese mythological character who was known as Nüwa (unrelated to the creator goddess), the daughter of the Yandi, in her former life
- Kawaiisu or Nuwa, a Native American group in southern California
- 150 Nuwa, an asteroid
- National Workers' Union of Afghanistan