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The size, shape, density and ring of the dwarf planet Haumea from a stellar occultation

The size, shape, density and ring of the dwarf planet Haumea from a stellar occultation

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The size, shape, density and ring of the dwarf planet Haumea from a stellar occultation

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The size, shape, density and ring of the dwarf planet Haumea from a stellar occultation

Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature (London), 2017-10, Vol.550 (7675), p.219-223

Language

English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

Observations of a stellar occultation of Haumea, one of the four known trans-Neptunian dwarf planets, constrain its size, shape and density, and reveal a ring coplanar with Haumea’s largest moon.
A ring around Haumea
Haumea is a dwarf planet beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is rapidly rotating and very elongated, unlike the other three known t...

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The size, shape, density and ring of the dwarf planet Haumea from a stellar occultation

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TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_02190894v1

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_02190894v1

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ISSN

0028-0836

E-ISSN

1476-4687

DOI

10.1038/nature24051

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