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 · 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

In the early Solar System, Haumea may have been much like Pluto, composed half of rock and half of water. Billions of years ago, a large object is theorized to collided with the body, …

Haumea (minor-planet designation: 136108 Haumea) is a dwarf planet located beyond Neptune's orbit. It was discovered in 2004 by a team headed by Mike Brown of C...

Oct 14, 2022 · Nearly the size of Pluto, Haumea is strange in several ways. It spins faster, by far, than anything else of its size, whirling on its axis in only four hours. Because of its fast spin, …

Aug 16, 2025 · Haumea's fast rotation and moons reveal insights into celestial evolution. Haumea is a dwarf planet found in the region beyond Neptune, known as the Kuiper...

It has two known moons, Hiʻiaka and Namaka. 136108 Haumea is special because of its very short day and odd shape. It turns once on its axis every four hours. This quick turning has …