SpazeDwarf planet, Kuiper belt
Haumea
Spins once every four hours, so fast that it has stretched into a rugby-ball shape. It also has a ring.
- Size
- 1,632 km
- Orbit
- 283 years
- Distance from Sun
- 34.7 to 51.5 AU
- Day
- 3.9 hours
Can we live on Haumea?
Air: none to speak of. You’d live in sealed, pressurised habitats.
Ground: Crystalline water ice with a dark red spot.
Atmosphere
- None to speak of
Measured by Keck, Gemini spectra