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Hiʻiaka
Discovery
In this series of photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, the brighter object Hiʻiaka is seen orbiting Haumea (center).
Discovered by	Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, David Rabinowitz, et al.
Discovery date	26 January 2005
Designations
Designation	Haumea I
Pronunciation	/hiːʔiˈɑːkə/ Hawaiian: [ˈhiʔiˈjɐkə]
Alternative names	(136108) 2003 EL₆₁ I S/2005 (2003 EL₆₁) 1
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	49880±198 km
Eccentricity	0.0513±0.0078
Orbital period (sidereal)	49.12±0.03 d
Mean anomaly	152.8°±6.1°
Inclination	126.356±0.064°
Longitude of ascending node	206.766°±0.033°
Argument of perihelion	154.1°±5.8°
Satellite of	Haumea
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	~160 km
Mass	(1.79±0.11)×10 kg (0.45% of Haumea)
Mean density	~1 g/cm
Synodic rotation period	~9.8 h
Albedo	0.8±0.07
Temperature	32±3 K
Apparent magnitude	20.3 (3.0 difference from primary's 17.3)

Hiʻiaka is the larger, outer 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. It orbits once every 49.12±0.03 d at a distance of 49880±198 km, with an eccentricity of 0.0513±0.0078 and an inclination of 126.356±0.064°. Assuming its estimated diameter of over 300 km is accurate, it may be the fourth- or fifth-largest known moon of a Trans-Neptunian object, after Pluto I Charon, Eris I Dysnomia, Orcus I Vanth, and possibly Varda I Ilmarë and Salacia I Actaea.

Discovery

Hiʻiaka was the first satellite discovered around Haumea. It was discovered on 26 January 2005 and nicknamed "Rudolph" by the discovery team before being assigned an official name.

Physical characteristics

Size and brightness

Its measured brightness is 5.9±0.5%, translating into a diameter of about 22% of its primary, or in the range of 320 km, assuming similar infrared albedo. To put this in perspective, if Hiʻiaka were in the asteroid belt, it would be larger than all but the four largest asteroids, after 1 Ceres, 2 Pallas, 4 Vesta, and 10 Hygiea. In spite of its relatively large size, however, lightcurve studies suggest that Hiʻiaka is not a gravitationally collapsed spheroid; they further suggest that Hiʻiaka is not tidally locked and has a rotation period of about 9.8 hours.

Mass

The mass of Hiʻiaka is estimated to be (1.79±0.11)×10 kg using precise relative astrometry from the Hubble Space Telescope and Keck Telescope and applying 3-body, point-mass model to the Haumean system.

Spectrum and composition

The near infrared spectrum of Hiʻiaka is dominated by water-ice absorption bands, which means that its surface is made mainly of water ice. The presence of the band centered at 1.65 μm indicates that the surface water ice is primarily in the crystalline form. Currently it is unclear why water ice on the surface has not turned into amorphous form as would be expected due to its constant irradiation by cosmic rays.

References

^ Ragozzine, D.; Brown, M. E. (2009). "Orbits and Masses of the Satellites of the Dwarf Planet Haumea (2003 EL61)". The Astronomical Journal. 137 (6): 4766–4776. arXiv:0903.4213. Bibcode:2009AJ....137.4766R. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/137/6/4766. S2CID 15310444.
^ Hastings, Danielle M.; Ragozzine, Darin; Fabrycky, Daniel C.; Burkhart, Luke D.; Fuentes, Cesar; Margot, Jean-Luc; Brown, Michael E.; Holman, Matthew (December 2016). "The Short Rotation Period of Hiʻiaka, Haumea's Largest Satellite". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (6): 12. arXiv:1610.04305. Bibcode:2016AJ....152..195H. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/6/195. OCLC 6889796157. OSTI 22662917. S2CID 33292771. 195.
^ Wm. Robert Johnston (17 September 2008). "(136108) Haumea, Hiʻiaka, and Nāmaka". Archived from the original on 21 December 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
Dumas, C.; Carry, B.; Hestroffer, D.; Merlin, F. (2011). "High-contrast observations of (136108) Haumea". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 528: A105. arXiv:1101.2102. Bibcode:2011A&A...528A.105D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015011. S2CID 119226136.

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Moons of likely dwarf planets

Pluto	Haumea	Eris	Makemake	Gonggong
Charon Styx Nix Kerberos Hydra	ring Namaka Hiʻiaka	Dysnomia	S/2015 (136472) 1	Xiangliu

Quaoar	Orcus	Salacia	Varda	2013 FY27
rings Weywot	Vanth	Actaea	Ilmarë	2013 FY₂₇ I

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Astronomy

Discovery	Michael E. Brown David L. Rabinowitz Chad Trujillo José Luis Ortiz Moreno Controversy
Classification	Dwarf planet Definition of planet 2006 definition of planet Kuiper belt Cubewano Trans-Neptunian object

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