Haumea en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /haʊˈmeɪ.ə/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌhɑː.uːˈmeɪ.ə/
Etymology
From Hawaiian hau (“ruler”) (archaic) + mea (“reddish brown”), "red ruler".
Meanings
- (qualifier:Hawaiian mythology) The goddess of fertility and childbirth.
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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.
2016 May 27, Luke D. Burkhart, Darin Ragozzine, Michael E. Brown, “A Deep Search for Additional Satellites around the Dwarf Planet Haumea”, in The Astronomical Journal, volume 151, number 6, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2025:
Relateds
Haumeid · Haumea's moons · Namaka and Hiʻiaka
Synonyms
🝻 (celestial body)
Translations (25)
ja ハウメア (celestial body) · km ហូមា (goddess of fertility and childbirth) · ko 하우메아 (celestial body) · es Haumea (celestial body) · ru Хауме́а (celestial body) · he הַאוּמֶיָה (celestial body) · mk Хауме́ја (goddess of fertility and childbirth) · th เฮาเมอา (goddess of fertility and childbirth) · ar هَاوْمِيَا (celestial body) · es Haumea (goddess of fertility and childbirth) · yue 妊神星 (celestial body) · vi Haumea (celestial body) · fr Hauméa (celestial body) · cmn 妊神星 (celestial body) · cs Haumea (goddess of fertility and childbirth) · bg Хауме́я (goddess of fertility and childbirth) · eo Haŭmeo (goddess of fertility and childbirth) · km ហូមា (celestial body) · cs Haumea (celestial body) · nv Haʼooméya (celestial body) · eo Haŭmeo (celestial body) · pt Haumea (celestial body) · mk Хауме́ја (celestial body) · th เฮาเมอา (celestial body) · bg Хауме́я (celestial body)