Huya
Encyclopedia
Huya the name of the rain god of the Wayuu
people of Venezuela
and Colombia
.
The plutino
38628 Huya
is named after this figure.
Wayuu
Wayuu is an Amerindian ethnic group of the La Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela. They are part of the Maipurean language family.- Geography :...
people of Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
and Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
.
The plutino
Plutino
In astronomy, a plutino is a trans-Neptunian object in 2:3 mean motion resonance with Neptune. For every 2 orbits that a plutino makes, Neptune orbits 3 times. Plutinos are named after Pluto, which follows an orbit trapped in the same resonance, with the Italian diminutive suffix -ino...
38628 Huya
38628 Huya
38628 Huya is a trans-Neptunian object . It was discovered in March 2000 by Ignacio Ferrin and announced on 24 October 2000. It is classified as a plutino being in a 2:3 mean motion resonance with Neptune. With a Spitzer size estimate of , this plutino is also a likely dwarf-planet. It is expected...
is named after this figure.