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Haumea
Position on the route: 30/45 · level needed 350 · journey (Mk0 engine) 62.3 h
By the numbers
| Size | ≈ 2,100 × 1,680 × 1,070 km |
|---|---|
| Day | 3.9 hours |
| Moons | 2 (Hi’iaka, Namaka) |
| Ring | yes (2017) |
The story
One of the fastest-rotating large bodies in the Solar System: it turns every 3.9 hours and is stretched like an egg. Its surface is nearly all water ice over a rocky interior. It heads a ‘family’ born of a collision.
It has a ring (found by a stellar occultation in 2017) and two moons. It is one of the three accepted dwarf planets of the Kuiper Belt.
Missions
- Observations from the ground and by Hubble; stellar occultations (2017)
Colony note
Very far; a fast-turning, ice-clad world. Gravity is very low, lower still at the equator.
What probes bring back
- It spins in 3.9 hours and is stretched like an egg: one of the fastest-rotating large bodies.
- It has a ring and two moons (the ring was found in 2017).