Dwarf Planet · Kuiper Belt

Haumea

Haumea is one of the fastest-rotating large objects in the solar system — a day lasts only 3.9 hours — causing it to be stretched into an elongated egg shape. It has two moons and a faint ring system discovered in 2017.

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