(79360) Sila-Nunam Trans-Neptunian Object
Discovered on 3 February 1997 by Luu, J. X., Jewitt, D. C., Trujillo, C. A., Chen, J. at Mauna Kea.
Sila is the Inuit god of the sky, weather, and life force. Nunam is the Earth goddess, Sila's wife. Nunam created the land animals and, in some traditions, the Inuit people (in other traditions Sila created the first people out of wet sand). Sila breathed life into the Inuit.Naming citation (20120109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sila-Nunam is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sila-Nunam is 43.4 au from the Sun and 44.1 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 79360 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 CS29 |
| Orbit class | Trans-Neptunian Object |
| Rotation period | 300 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 5.26 |
| Orbital period | 293 years |
| Semi-major axis | 44.1 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 43.4 – 44.8 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0152 |
| Inclination | 2.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 42.4 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.