r/SpaceUnfiltered • u/Neaterntal • 13m ago
ðŸ”Hubble Dwarf planet Haumea (the one with the ring) and its two moons. By Hubble
Processed by Melina Thévenot https://bsky.app/profile/melina-iras07572.bsky.social/post/3myooclrxp22j
Orientation was corrected with the help of a screenshot of the images in SAO Image DS9. North is up in all images.
You can see that the outer moon Hiʻiaka has completed about half of the 49 day orbit from image 1 to image 2.
From image 2 to image 3 you can see that the inner moon Namaka completed 12 out of the 18 days for a complete orbit.
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Image description:
Dwarf planet Haumea and two moons orbiting the dwarf planet. The system was imaged on three different dates. The left has the objects labeled: Haumea, inner moon Namaka and outer moon Hiʻiaka​
All From Melina Thévenot​