Haumea

//ˌhɑː.uːˈmeɪ.ə// name

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  1. 1
    The goddess of fertility and childbirth.
  2. 2
    A dwarf planet with two known moons orbiting in the Kuiper belt, roughly one-third the mass of Pluto.

    "Deep searches for regular satellites around Kuiper belt objects are difficult due to observational limitations, but Haumea is one of the few for which sufficient data exist."

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"Haumea is a dwarf planet found in the Kuiper Belt. The Kuiper Belt is a big cloud of gas, dust, and rocky debris located at the outer edge of our solar system."

Etymology

From Hawaiian hau (“ruler”) (archaic) + mea (“reddish brown”), "red ruler".

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dwarf planetkuiper belt

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