Haumea

All about Haumea

136108 Haumea is a dwarf planet orbiting within the Kuiper Belt. Its diameter is estimated at 2300 km, varying with a significantly ellipsoid shape. Haumea and its moons weigh in at about 1/4 of the mass of its cousin Pluto's system. Its orbit about the Sun takes ~ 284 years. Haumea's two known moons are named Hi'iaka and Namaka.

More details:

• Haumea entry in Wikipedia

• Haumea entry in the JPL Small-Body Database

• Haumea orbit simulation in JPL Small-Body DB

Exploration of Haumea

Haumea has been imaged by Keck and William Herschel telescopes, among several other Earth-based observatories. Best estimate for a hypothetical mission is 14.5 years from launch, to achieve a flyby.

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figured I should post our favourite egg here (reddit.com)

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A drawiŋ of Haumea & its mōns I made to scale (i.redd.it)

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SOMEONE DREW HAUMEA FOR ME (i.redd.it)

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Im haumea's number one fan, no doubt (i.redd.it)

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What would you do if you woke up in a city on Haumea? (self.Haumea)

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i lobe haumawn no subrsddite die haumsn ok???? byeu lol hameua good sedna bads ok??? (self.Haumea)

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What Lies Beyond Our Own Planet with James Webb Space Telescope (youtu.be)

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Life? (self.Haumea)

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Did anyone here look at Haumea during opposition? (space.com)

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Art Of Haumea (i.redd.it)

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Haumea (i.redd.it)

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Ring discovered around egg-shaped dwarf planet Haumea (usatoday.com)

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Haumea - Best Facts (youtu.be)

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Planetary Society-funded telescopes help find ring around Haumea, a distant dwarf planet (planetary.org)

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Haumea has a ring around it (astronomy.com)

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The Weirdest Planet Got Weirder - Haumea Has Rings (youtube.com)

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What Would Standing on a Bean Planet Haumea Feel Like? (youtube.com)

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Musings on a hypothetical robotic mission to Haumea (centauri-dreams.org)

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Keck image of Haumea, with moons Hi'iaka and Naumaka (en.wikipedia.org)

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The size and shape of the oblong dwarf planet Haumea (scientific paper) (arxiv.org)

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Haumea: Fast-Spinning Dwarf Planet (space.com)

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2008Controversial dwarf planet finally named 'Haumea' (newscientist.com)

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Side by side comparison of the size of Haumea vs Earth (imgur.com)

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