Namaka

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Namaka is the smaller and inner of the two known moons orbiting the dwarf planet Haumea in the Kuiper Belt.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Namaka canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
moon of Haumea ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
announced 2005-11-29 ⓘ
belongsTo Solar System ⓘ
catalogueNumber Haumea I ⓘ
linked to: Haumea
discoveredBy Chadwick A. Trujillo ⓘ
linked to: Chad Trujillo

David L. Rabinowitz ⓘ
Michael E. Brown ⓘ
discoveredUsing W. M. Keck Observatory ⓘ
discoveryDate 2005-06-30 ⓘ
discoveryMethod ground-based telescope observation ⓘ
discoveryYear 2005 ⓘ
distanceFromSunCategory trans-Neptunian region ⓘ
estimatedAlbedo high ⓘ
hasColor neutral to slightly blue (likely) ⓘ
hasMassEstimate much less than Haumea ⓘ
hasOrbitalResonanceHistoryWith Hiʻiaka ⓘ
hasParentBodyMinorPlanetNumber 136108 ⓘ
hasShape irregular ⓘ
isBeyond Neptune ⓘ
isInnerMoonOf Haumea ⓘ
isInnerMoonRelativeTo Hiʻiaka ⓘ
isNonSpherical true ⓘ
isObservedIn near-infrared wavelengths ⓘ
visible wavelengths ⓘ
isPartOfDynamically Haumea collisional family ⓘ
linked to: Haumea family
isSatelliteOf Haumea ⓘ
isSmallerMoonOf Haumea ⓘ
isSmallerThan Hiʻiaka ⓘ
locatedIn Kuiper Belt ⓘ
meanDiameter approximately 170 km ⓘ
namedAfter Namaka (Hawaiian water spirit) ⓘ
nameOrigin Hawaiian mythology ⓘ
namingTheme Hawaiian deities associated with Haumea ⓘ
observedBy Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity approximately 0.249 ⓘ
orbitalInclination approximately 113 degrees ⓘ
orbitalPeriod approximately 18.3 days ⓘ
orbits Haumea ⓘ
dwarf planet ⓘ
trans-Neptunian object ⓘ
partOf Haumea system ⓘ
linked to: Haumea
provisionalDesignation S/2005 (136108) 1 ⓘ
rotationState likely tidally locked to Haumea ⓘ
semiMajorAxis approximately 25657 km ⓘ
surfaceComposition water ice (likely) ⓘ
systemEscapeVelocityContext low ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Haumea → hasMoon → Namaka ⓘ
Hiʻiaka → isLargerThan → Namaka ⓘ
Hiʻiaka → isBrighterThan → Namaka ⓘ
Hiʻiaka → hasSisterMoon → Namaka ⓘ