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Hi'iaka
Haumea
I, originally provisionally named 'Rudolph'
Moon
of
Haumea
Proper Name
Hi'iaka
Designation
Haumea
I
Primary Object
Haumea
Orbital Period
49 days, 11 hours, 5 minutes
Distance from
Varda
Semi-Major Axis
: 49,880 km
Periapsis
: 47,321 km
Apoapsis
: 52,438 km
Eccentricity
0.0513
Rotation Period
Approximately 9 hours, 48 minutes
Diameter
c.310 km
c.190 miles
Notes
The larger of the two
moons
known to
orbit
the
ringed
dwarf planet
Haumea
in the
Kuiper Belt
of the
Solar System
. Hi\iaka is the outer
moon
of
Haumea
, and its greater
mass
has tugged the smaller inner
moon
Namaka
into a highly
eccentric
orbital
path.
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