Hiʻiaka

E109278

Hiʻiaka is the larger and brighter of the two known moons of the dwarf planet Haumea in the Kuiper Belt.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hiʻiaka canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
moon of Haumea ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
albedo high ⓘ
alternativeName S/2005 (2003 EL61) 1 ⓘ
belongsToDynamicalClass satellite of trans-Neptunian object ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Haumea system ⓘ
linked to: Haumea
diameter_km approximately 310 ⓘ
discoveredBy Chadwick A. Trujillo ⓘ
linked to: Chad Trujillo

David L. Rabinowitz ⓘ
Michael E. Brown ⓘ
discoveredUsing W. M. Keck Observatory ⓘ
discoveryAnnouncementYear 2005 ⓘ
discoveryDate 2005-01-26 ⓘ
discoveryStatus confirmed ⓘ
hasApproximateDensity_g_per_cm3 about 1.0 ⓘ
hasDiscoveryMethod optical telescope observations ⓘ
hasEponymOrigin Hawaiian mythology ⓘ
hasOrbitalResonanceLike near 3:1 with Namaka ⓘ
hasParentBodyType dwarf planet ⓘ
hasShape roughly spherical ⓘ
hasSisterMoon Namaka ⓘ
hasSurface icy ⓘ
isBrighterThan Namaka ⓘ
isLargerThan Namaka ⓘ
isMoonOf Haumea ⓘ
isMoonOfDwarfPlanet Haumea ⓘ
isOneOfMoonsOf Haumea ⓘ
isPartOf Solar System ⓘ
isTidallyLockedTo Haumea ⓘ
locatedIn Kuiper Belt ⓘ
meanRadius_km approximately 155 ⓘ
namedAfter Hiʻiaka (Hawaiian goddess) ⓘ
linked to: Hiʻiaka
observedBy Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
W. M. Keck Observatory ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity approximately 0.0513 ⓘ
orbitalInclination_degrees approximately 126.356 ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days approximately 49.12 ⓘ
orbits Haumea ⓘ
orbitsInRegion outer Solar System ⓘ
trans-Neptunian region ⓘ
parentBody Haumea ⓘ
rotationPeriod_hours approximately 9.8 ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km approximately 49880 ⓘ
spectralFeatures strong water-ice absorption bands ⓘ
surfaceComposition water ice rich ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haumea → hasMoon → Hiʻiaka ⓘ
Haumea → parentOf → Hiʻiaka ⓘ
subject linked to: Hawaiian goddess Haumea
Namaka → isSmallerThan → Hiʻiaka ⓘ
Namaka → isInnerMoonRelativeTo → Hiʻiaka ⓘ