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**150 Nuwa**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.981 AU
Perihelion distance	2.591 AU
Aphelion distance	3.370 AU
Orbital period	5.15 years
Inclination	2.19�
Eccentricity	0.131
Physical characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Diameter	151.1 km
Rotation period	8.14 hours
Spectral class ^{5 (http://spiff.rit.edu/richmond/parallax/phot/LCSUMPUB.TXT)}	C
Abs. magnitude	8.23
Albedo ^{4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html)}	0.040
History ^{2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)}
Discoverer	J. C. Watson, 1875

150 Nuwa is a large Main belt asteroid. It is composed of primitive carbonaceous chondritic material. The surface is exceedingly dark, only about 4% of the received light is reflected back.

It was discovered by J. C. Watson on October 18, 1875 and named after N�wa, the Chinese creator goddess.

On December 17, 1999 a star was occulted by Nuwa.

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