Haumea is the matron goddess of the island of Hawaiʻi, where Gemini and W. M. Keck Observatory are located on Mauna Kea.

Apr 29, 2025 · Haumea is an oval-shaped dwarf planet that is one of the fastest rotating large objects in our solar system. The fast spin distorts Haumea's shape, making this dwarf planet …

Oct 8, 2019 · Haumea is the first trans-Neptunian object discovered to have a ring system. Because Haumea has two moons, its mass can be calculated, and it was estimated to be one …

Haumea is the third closest dwarf planet from the Sun and is unique in its elongated shape making it the least spherical of the dwarf planets. Haumea size compared to the Moon and …

Sep 16, 2009 · An elongated oddball, Haumea is roughly the same diameter as Pluto, with whom it shares the three-year-old "dwarf planet" designation. It spins exceedingly fast, rotating once …

Aug 26, 2024 · Haumea is a dwarf planet located in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune’s orbit. It was discovered in 2004 by a team led by Mike Brown at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory. Haumea …

Oct 14, 2022 · Using computer simulations, scientists based at NASA have pieced together the story of how the dwarf planet Haumea, found in the Kuiper Belt of icy worlds beyond the orbit …

Jun 2, 2024 · Haumea is a dwarf planet located beyond Neptune in the Kuiper Belt. Its rotation is the fastest in the solar system; it completes a full rotation in just 4 hours! It also has a ring that …

Haumea is a very unusual planet located in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune. Only recently discovered, there is little known about this distant Trans-Neptunian Object other than its odd …

Apr 4, 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 …