Haumea’s orbit around the sun is relatively elliptical, and situates it a bit beyond the orbit of Neptune, albeit at a much greater tilt than that planet; this puts it in a class of solar system ...

Haumea is a dwarf planet that orbits the sun far beyond Neptune. It is about the same size as Pluto and has two moons. One of its notable characteristics is how fast it spins on its axis. Just ...

Haumea, named after a Hawaiian goddess, has a closest approach to the Sun of 35 Astronomical Units (AU, the typical distance between the Earth and Sun). For context, Neptune is typically about 30 AU.

Haumea is the fastest spinning object in the solar system. The object's odd shape is a direct result of the spin. "Because of this spin, it pulls itself outward" at the equator in a bulge, Brown ...

Because it spins so fast, its shape becomes distorted, making it look like a football. Several other Kuiper belt objects, with similar features to Haumea, have long been thought to have been pieces of ...

The size, shape, density and ring of the dwarf planet Haumea from a stellar occultation. Nature 550, 219–223 (2017) Editorial Standards Reprints & Permissions.

Haumea, which takes 284 years to orbit the sun, is named for the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth and fertility, NASA said. It also has two moons, Hi'iaka and Namaka. Featured Weekly Ad ...

Astronomers serendipitously found Haumea’s ring, described today in Nature, when they watched the dwarf planet briefly pass in front of a background star, blocking out the star’s light.Such a ...

Haumea can do the hula-hoop. The egg-shaped dwarf planet is the first object beyond Neptune to be spotted sporting a ring of particles. “It now appears that rings can be common in the outer ...

Haumea, named for the Hawaiian goddess, is not only weirdly shaped – it’s also the fifth-largest object in our solar system to boast a ring. IAA-CSIC/UHU Long ago, something happened to Haumea.