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Name for 2003 EL61, Welcome Haumea, Hi'iaka, and Namaka to the Solar System
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post Sep 17 2008, 06:26 PM
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No, it's not Santa (or was this one Easter Bunny). Everyone's favorite egg-shaped world now has a name: Haumea, from Hawaiian mythology. Haumea's two moons have been named Hi'iaka (still one of my favorite volcanoes on Io, along with Gish Bar, Thor, and Tvashtar) and Namaka, both daughters of Haumea. Of course, this opens up the possibility that a third moon would be named Pele.

Definitely prefer this to Makemake.


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post Sep 18 2008, 08:54 AM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haumea_(dwarf_planet)

http://www.astro.yale.edu/smarts/smarts1.3m.html

http://pegasus.astro.yale.edu/smarts/

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- volcanopele   Name for 2003 EL61   Sep 17 2008, 06:26 PM
- - Paolo Amoroso   Mike Brown's account of the discovery and nami...   Sep 17 2008, 06:34 PM
- - laurele   Post on planetary definition deleted. RULES ARE R...   Sep 18 2008, 02:29 AM
- - PhilCo126   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haumea_(dwarf_planet)...   Sep 18 2008, 08:54 AM
- - Vultur   That is a weird-looking thing. Looks sort of like...   Sep 19 2008, 08:17 PM
|- - Mark6   QUOTE (Vultur @ Sep 19 2008, 09:17 PM) Th...   Nov 20 2008, 03:43 AM
- - Gsnorgathon   Haumea most likely achieved its present shape by a...   Nov 21 2008, 03:16 AM
- - Ron Hobbs   Astronomers caught an occultation by one of the fr...   Jun 23 2010, 11:33 PM

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