Hiʻiaka (moon): Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Larger moon of Haumea}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

| image = Haumea-moons-hubble.gif

| caption = In this series of photos taken by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]], the brighter object Hi{{okina}}iaka is seen orbiting [[Haumea]] (center).

| asc_node = {{val|206.766|0.033|u=°}}

| arg_peri = {{val|154.1|5.8|u=°}}

| mean_anomaly = {{val|152.8|6.1|u=°}}

'''Hi{{okina}}iaka''' is the larger, outer moon of the trans-Neptunian [[dwarf planet]] [[Haumea]]. It is named after one of the daughters of [[Haumea (mythology)|Haumea]], [[Hi{{okina}}iaka]], the patron goddess of the [[Big Island of Hawaii]]. It orbits once every {{val|49.12|0.03|u=days}} at a distance of {{val|49880|198|ul=km}}, with an eccentricity of {{val|0.0513|0.0078}} and an inclination of {{val|126.356|0.064|s=°}}. 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]].

Its measured brightness is {{val|5.9|0.5|s=%}}, translating into a diameter of about 22% of its primary, or in the range of {{val|320|u=km}}, assuming similar infrared albedo.<ref name=RagozzineBrown2009/> To put this in perspective, if Hiʻiaka were in the asteroid belt, it would be larger than all but the [[List of notable asteroids#Largest by diameter|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.<ref name="Hastings2016"/>

The mass of Hi{{okina}}iaka is estimated to be {{val|1.79|0.11|e=19|ul=kg}} using precise relative [[astrometry]] from the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] and [[Keck Telescope]] and applying [[3-body problem|3-body]], point-mass model to the Haumean system.<ref name=RagozzineBrown2009/>

*[[Namaka (moon)|Namaka]], the other [[Moons of Haumea|moon of Haumea]]

{{cite journal| doi = 10.1088/0004-6256/137/6/4766| last1 = Ragozzine| first1 = D.| last2 = Brown| first2 = M. E.| year = 2009| title = Orbits and Masses of the Satellites of the Dwarf Planet Haumea (2003 EL61)| journal = The Astronomical Journal| volume = 137| issue = 6| pages = 4766–4776| arxiv = 0903.4213| bibcode = 2009AJ....137.4766R| s2cid = 15310444}}

<ref name="Dumas2011">{{Cite journal | last1 = Dumas | first1 = C.| last2 = Carry | first2 = B.| last3 = Hestroffer | first3 = D.| last4 = Merlin | first4 = F.| title = High-contrast observations of (136108) Haumea | doi = 10.1051/0004-6361/201015011 | journal = Astronomy & Astrophysics | volume = 528 | pages = A105 | year = 2011 |bibcode = 2011A&A...528A.105D |arxiv = 1101.2102 | s2cid = 119226136}}</ref>

| title = (136108) Haumea, Hiʻiaka, and Nāmaka

| access-date = 2008-09-18

|title = The Short Rotation Period of Hiʻiaka, Haumea's Largest Satellite

|osti = 22662917|s2cid = 33292771 |doi-access = free }}</ref>

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