planet Haumea has two known moons, Hiʻiaka and Namaka, named after Hawaiian goddesses. These small moons were discovered in 2005, from observations of Haumea...
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known moons, Hiʻiaka and Namaka. Two teams claim credit for the discovery of Haumea. A team consisting of Mike Brown of Caltech, David Rabinowitz of Yale...
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moon of the trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Haumea. It is named after one of the daughters of Haumea, Hiʻiaka, the patron goddess of the Big Island of Hawaii...
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the smaller, inner moon of the trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Haumea. Discovered in 2005, it is named after Nāmaka, the goddess of the sea in Hawaiian...
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the Solar System Haumea. The planet's two moons were named after Haumea's daughters: Hiʻiaka, the goddess born from the mouth of Haumea, and Namaka, the...
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planet Haumea is the largest member of the family, and the core of the differentiated progenitor; other identified members are the moons of Haumea and the...
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Natural satellite (redirect from Moons)
Earth's natural satellite Moons of Mars Moons of Jupiter Moons of Saturn Moons of Uranus Moons of Neptune Minor-planet moon Moons of Pluto Dysnomia, Eris's...
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Moons are classed into two separate categories according to their orbits: regular moons, which have prograde orbits (they orbit in the direction of their...
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Pluto ♇ Moons of Pluto Charon Haumea Moons of Haumea Ring of Haumea Makemake Moon of Makemake Quaoar Moon of Quaoar Rings of Quaoar Orcus Moon of Orcus...
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Uranus's moons are divided into three groups: thirteen inner moons, five major moons, and ten irregular moons. The inner and major moons all have prograde...
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