Haumea's Shape and Composition
@inproceedings{Dunham2019HaumeasSA, title={Haumea's Shape and Composition}, author={E. Dunham and S. Desch and L. Probst}, year={2019} }
We have calculated the figure of equilibrium of a rapidly rotating, differentiated body to determine the shape, structure, and composition of the dwarf planet Haumea. Previous studies of Haumea’s light curve have suggested Haumea is a uniform triaxial ellipsoid consistent with a Jacobi ellipsoid with axes ≈ 960 × 774 × 513 km, and bulk density ≈ 2600 kg m−3. In contrast, observations of a recent stellar occultation by Haumea indicate its axes are ≈ 1161 × 852 × 523 km and its bulk density… CONTINUE READING
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