(136108) Haumea
dwarf planet in the Solar System
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Haumea is a dwarf planet.[1]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Pablo Santos-Sanz[3], José Luis Ortiz Moreno[4], Michael E. Brown[5]
- Instance of: cubewano[6], gravitationally bound system[7]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Sierra Nevada Observatory[8], Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory[9]
- Named after: Haumea[10]
- Follows: (136107) 2003 EY58[11]
- Followed by: (136109) 2003 FA22[12]
- Minor planet group: dwarf planet[13], trans-Neptunian object[14]
- Location: Solar System[15]
- Part of: Haumea family[16]
- Commons category: 136108 Haumea[17]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[18]
- Child astronomical body: Hiʻiaka[19], Namaka[20], ring of Haumea[21]
- Unicode character: 🝻[22]
- Provisional designation: 2003 EL61[23]
- Time of discovery or invention: March 7, 2003[24]
- Asteroid family: Haumea family[25]
- Significant event: discovery[26], naming[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Haumea (dwarf planet)[28]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.1970356028[29]
- Absolute magnitude: 0.15[30]
- Color index: 0.64[31], 0.33[32], 0.34[33], 0.88[34], -0.6[35]
- Orbital inclination: 28.2083462416 degree[36]
- Density: 2.018 gram per cubic centimetre[37]
- Mass: 4.006 zettagram[38]
- Temperature: 50 K[39]
Body
Influence
Things named for (136108) Haumea include Haumea family[40], an asteroid family[41].
Why It Matters
(136108) Haumea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] (136108) Haumea is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Entities named for (136108) Haumea include Haumea family[40], an asteroid family[41].