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Huya
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Number
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38628
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Provisional name
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2000 EB173
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Class
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Plutino
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Discovery date
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10.03.2000
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Discovery chart
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Discovery position
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18° Libra 39' Rx
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Time of announcement
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03.06.2000 - 0:36 UT
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Orbital period
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250.6 years
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Orbit
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Aphelion
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50.795 AU
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Perihelion
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28.526 AU
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Semimajor axis
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39.660 AU
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Magnitude
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4.7
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Diameter
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220 - 680 km
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Mythology
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Huya (Juyá) is the rain god of the Wayúu Indians who live on the arid Guajira Peninsula of northern Venezuela and Colombia. Juyá was god of rain; a warrior, hunter, seducer and inhabitant of "the place beyond the Sun".
Huya was discovered by Venezuelan astronomers and they proposed the name Juyá. To facilitate its pronunciation in English, the spelling has been altered to "Huya". |
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