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Hi'iaka

Haumea I, originally provisionally named 'Rudolph'

Proper NameHi'iaka
DesignationHaumea I
Primary ObjectHaumea
Orbital Period49 days, 11 hours, 5 minutes
Distance from VardaSemi-Major Axis: 49,880 km
Periapsis: 47,321 km
Apoapsis: 52,438 km
Eccentricity0.0513
Rotation PeriodApproximately 9 hours, 48 minutes
Diameterc.310 km
c.190 miles
NotesThe 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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