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Dwarf Planet

Haumea

A dwarf planet spinning once every 3.9 hours, stretched into an ellipsoid as a result. The first trans-Neptunian object known to have its own ring system.

TypeDwarf Planet
Parent bodySun
Radius780 km · 0.122 R⊕
Mass4.006 × 10²¹ kg · 6.71 × 10⁻⁴ M⊕
Mean density2.02 g/cm³
Surface gravity0.439 m/s² · 0.045 × Earth
Escape velocity0.828 km/s
Rotation period3.92 hours
Orbital radius43.1 AU (Sun)
Eccentricity0.196
Orbital period283 years

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