Dwarf planet · Dwarf planet (Kuiper belt) — elongated
Haumea
(136108) Haumea
- Type
- Dwarf planet (Kuiper belt) — elongated
- Moons
- 2
Renerpho · CC BY-SA
Overview
Scientific overview
Haumea is a dwarf planet (kuiper belt) — elongated in orbit around The Sun.
Gallery
Haumea occultation lightcurve - Sicardy et al. 2024 Fig 13
One of the light curves showing the presence of a ring around the dwarf planet Haumea during the 21 January 2017 occultation, as observed from the 1m telescope at the Konkoly site (Hungary).
Bruno Sicardy et al. (adapted from Ortiz et al. 2017) · CC BY
Observation
How this was captured
- Source
- WIKIMEDIA
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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- NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.
- IAUInternational Astronomical Union
Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.