This is Haumea, one of five dwarf planets identified in our solar system. She is too small to have a proper global atmosphere, so gravity has pulled her into an egg shape. She spins so fast that her day lasts just 3.9 hours. And to cap it all, something collided with her and now she has a big red bruise on one side and a ring of ice and rock she just can't seem to shake off.
@MommyLucy This planet is so small that she cannot maintain atmospheric pressure like the earth and she has been pulled in strange directions by gravity. Even you would find it difficult to hang on your bar!
@SunshineGirl I'm not the best at science but wouldn't being pulled in all directions be kind of fun almost like a ride in a theme park? 🤭🤭🤭 I like that gymnastics and roller coasters are scary and fun at the same time so this dwarf planet may feel like a constant roller coaster? 😱🙃🥳 If this dwarf planet is too dangerous we just need a witch to cast a spell to make the gravity stable! 😌😌😌 Sorry I am not good at understanding science! 😭😭😭
I love love love learning about astronomy. I’ve never understood anyone who doesn’t look up and just be astonished. Don’t know much about this little world, is it beyond Pluto in the Keiper belt?
A day on Haumea is about four Earth hours. It takes 285 Earth years for Haumea to orbit the Sun. Haumea's radius is about 385 miles or 620 kilometers. Haumea has two known moons: Namaka is the inner moon, and Hi'iaka.
@SunshineGirl Somewhere I have a book about that -- tried to find it to lend to someone and can't figure out where I put it -- that explains that the whole "demotion" was based less on scientific definition of planets and more on how research funds were allocated.
