Haumea
(136108 Haumea)
(dwarf planet discovered in 2004)
Haumea (136108 Haumea) is a presumed dwarf planet discovered in 2004.
By current determinations, it is ellipsoid in
shape, with an average radius of 780 km,
a mass about a third that of Pluto,
and a rotation period of 3.9 hours: the shortest of any
known body of at least its size within the solar system.
Its orbit is somewhat similar to Pluto's:
eccentric, ranging roughly from 35 AU
to 52 AU, with an orbital inclination of 28°
from the ecliptic. Current thought is that
it does not share an orbital resonance with Neptune,
but possibly intermittently falls into a 7:12 resonance.
Two moons (Hi'iaka and Namaka) and a ring
have been detected.
(minor planet,KBO,TNO,eccentricity)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haumea
https://www.britannica.com/place/Haumea
https://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/2003EL61/index.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017Natur.550..219O/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ApJ...877...41D/abstract
Redshift | Parsecs /Distance | Lightyears /Lookback Years | | |
~0 | 34AU | ~0ly | nearest | Haumea |
~0 | 53AU | ~0ly | furthest | Haumea |
|
Referenced by pages:
dwarf planet
Kuiper Belt (K Belt)
plutoid
solar system object (SSO)
trans-Neptune object (TNO)
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