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3908 Nyx
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3908 Nyx
3908 Nyx
is an
Amor
and
Mars-crosser asteroid
. It was discovered by
Hans-Emil Schuster
on August 6, 1980, and is named after
Nyx
, the
Greek
goddess of the night, after which
Pluto
's
moon
Nix
is also named. It is 1–2 km in diameter and is a
V-type asteroid
, meaning that it may be a fragment of the asteroid
4 Vesta
.
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