Haumea

E19352

Haumea is an elongated, fast-spinning dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt notable for its rapid rotation, ring system, and two known moons.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Haumea canonical 23
Haumea system 3
136108 Haumea 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kuiper Belt object
celestial body
dwarf planet
minor planet
ringed dwarf planet
trans-Neptunian object
absoluteMagnitude about 0.2
albedo high geometric albedo
alternativeName Haumea
surface form: 2003 EL61
aphelionDistance about 51.5 astronomical units
argumentOfPerihelion about 240.6 degrees
belongsToDynamicalClass Haumea family
density about 1.9 to 2.0 grams per cubic centimeter
discoveredBy José Luis Ortiz Moreno
Sierra Nevada Observatory team
discoveryDate 2004-03-07
eccentricity about 0.19
equilibriumFigure Jacobi ellipsoid
hasMoon Hiʻiaka
Namaka
hasRapidRotation true
hasRingSystem true
hasSurfaceFeature dark red spot
inclination about 28.2 degrees
isElongatedDueTo rapid rotation
isInHydrostaticEquilibrium likely
isNamesakeOf Haumea family
longitudeOfAscendingNode about 122.2 degrees
mass about 4.0×10^21 kilograms
meanAnomaly about 205.5 degrees
moonDiscoveryYear 2005
mpcDesignation Haumea self-linksurface differs
surface form: 136108 Haumea
namedAfter Hawaiian goddess Haumea
orbitalPeriod about 284 Earth years
orbitalRegion outer Solar System
surface form: Kuiper Belt
orbits Sun
perihelionDistance about 34.7 astronomical units
recognizedAsDwarfPlanetBy International Astronomical Union
ringDiscoveryYear 2017
ringName Hiʻiaka ring
ringPlane aligned with Haumea equator
ringRadius about 2287 kilometers from center
rotationPeriod about 3.9 hours
rotationState non-synchronous with moons
semiMajorAxis about 43.1 astronomical units
shape highly elongated
spectralType neutral to slightly blue
surfaceComposition water ice rich

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kuiper Belt objects example Haumea
subject surface form: Kuiper Belt object
Haumea alternativeName Haumea
this entity surface form: 2003 EL61
Haumea mpcDesignation Haumea self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 136108 Haumea
Pele family Haumea
Pele parent Haumea
Hawaiian goddess Haumea epithet Haumea
subject surface form: Haumea
this entity surface form: Haumea-nui
Hiʻiaka ring orbits Haumea
Hiʻiaka ring partOf Haumea
this entity surface form: Haumea system
Hiʻiaka ring primaryBody Haumea
Hiʻiaka ring hasOrbitalRelationWith Haumea
this entity surface form: Haumea’s moons
Haumea family namedAfter Haumea
Haumea family hasMember Haumea
Hiʻiaka orbits Haumea
Hiʻiaka isMoonOf Haumea
Hiʻiaka isOneOfMoonsOf Haumea
Hiʻiaka isTidallyLockedTo Haumea
Hiʻiaka belongsToPlanetarySystem Haumea
this entity surface form: Haumea system
Hiʻiaka parentBody Haumea
Namaka orbits Haumea
Namaka isSatelliteOf Haumea
Namaka partOf Haumea
this entity surface form: Haumea system
Namaka isInnerMoonOf Haumea
Namaka isSmallerMoonOf Haumea
Namaka catalogueNumber Haumea
this entity surface form: Haumea I
Kuiper Belt contains Haumea
this entity surface form: dwarf planet Haumea