On 17 September 2008, it was named after Haumea, the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth and fertility, under the expectation by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) that it would prove to be a dwarf …

Apr 29, 2025 · Dwarf planet Haumea is a member of a group of objects that orbit in a disc-like zone beyond the orbit of Neptune called the Kuiper Belt. This distant realm is populated with thousands of …

Dec 16, 2025 · Haumea, unusual dwarf planet orbiting the Sun in the Kuiper belt beyond Pluto. It was discovered in 2003 by a team of American astronomers at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. …

Haumea is the third closest dwarf planet to the Sun and is located beyond the orbit of Neptune. It has about 1/3 the mass of Pluto and was discovered by 2004 by a team from Caltech at the Palomar …

Jun 2, 2024 · Haumea is a dwarf planet located beyond Neptune in the Kepuir Belt. Its rotation is the fastest in the solar system as it completes it in just 4 hours. It has a ring that orbits around it and is …

Haumea has two moons: The larger, Hi'iaka, is only about 1% as massive as Haumea, while the smaller, Namaka, weighs only about a tenth as much. Both moons are thought to be composed of almost …

Oct 12, 2017 · Haumea is a dwarf planet beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is rapidly rotating and very elongated, unlike the other three known trans-Neptunian dwarf planets.

Haumea’s characteristic extreme elongation is probably caused by its rotation, which is so rapid it turned it into an ellipsoid. Its rotational speed as well as its collisional origin also make Haumea one of the …

Oct 8, 2019 · Haumea is member of the group of objects that orbit in a disc-like zone beyond the orbit of Neptune, called the Kuiper Belt. These objects are called trans-Neptunian objects or plutoids and it is …

The ring around Haumea was discovered in 2017 during a stellar occultation, when the planet passed in front of a distant star. This type of event allows scientists to study an object’s ...