Celestial Objects

Haumea

Dwarf Planet

Citation Formats

General Reference

Space and Astronomy Atlas. "Haumea." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-space.interactiveatlas.org/celestial-objects/haumea.

APA Style

Space and Astronomy Atlas. (n.d.). Haumea. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-space.interactiveatlas.org/celestial-objects/haumea

BibTeX

@misc{spaceandastronomyatlas-haumea,
  author = {Space and Astronomy Atlas},
  title = {Haumea},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-space.interactiveatlas.org/celestial-objects/haumea},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Haumea is an oval-shaped Kuiper Belt dwarf planet that completes one rotation in only about four hours, among the fastest rotations of any large body in the solar system, which has stretched it into a football-like shape.

Facts

Object Type

Dwarf Planet 1

Diameter (km)

1740 1

Equatorial diameter; Haumea's rapid rotation gives it an elongated, non-spherical shape rather than a single true diameter.

Orbital Distance

43 AU, about 6.5 billion km, from the Sun 1

Discovery Year

2003 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Orbits

Sun

Source NASA Solar System Exploration

Sources

1. NASA Solar System Exploration

National Aeronautics and Space Administrationscience.nasa.gov, Dwarf Planets: Haumea

Quote, science.nasa.gov, Dwarf Planets: Haumea

Haumea is an oval-shaped dwarf planet that is one of the fastest rotating large objects in our solar system.

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