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

2017/10/01 by J. L. Ortiz, P. Santos-Sanz, B. Sicardy +121 · 6 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

paper · doi:10.1038/nature24051

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Citations

• Least-squares frequency analysis of unequally spaced data
• Density of asteroids
• The surface of (136108) Haumea (2003 EL61), the largest carbon-depleted object in the trans-Neptunian belt
• Possible ring material around centaur (2060) Chiron
• A collisional family of icy objects in the Kuiper belt

Cited by

• The mutual orbit, mass, and density of transneptunian binary Gǃkúnǁ'hòmdímà (229762 2007 UK126)
• A dense ring of the trans-Neptunian object Quaoar outside its Roche limit
• Ring detected around a dwarf planet
• Moons of Haumea [wikipedia]
• Planet [wikipedia]
• Ring system [wikipedia]