Hiʻiaka

natural satellite of the dwarf planet Haumea
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Hiʻiaka

Summary

Hiʻiaka is a moon of Haumea[1]. Hiʻiaka draws 42 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_haumea category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hiʻiaka is credited with the discovery of Michael E. Brown[3].
  • Hiʻiaka is credited with the discovery of Chadwick Trujillo[4].
  • Hiʻiaka is credited with the discovery of David L. Rabinowitz[5].
  • Hiʻiaka's image is recorded as Haumea-moons-hubble.gif[6].
  • Hiʻiaka's instance of is recorded as moon of Haumea[7].
  • Hiʻiaka is named after Hiʻiaka[8].
  • Hiʻiaka's location of discovery is recorded as W. M. Keck Observatory[9].
  • Hiʻiaka's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Hiiaka symbol (fixed width).svg[10].
  • Hiʻiaka's Commons category is recorded as Hiʻiaka (moon)[11].
  • Hiʻiaka's parent astronomical body is recorded as Haumea[12].
  • Hiʻiaka's provisional designation is recorded as S/2005 (2003 EL61) 1[13].
  • Hiʻiaka's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2005-01-26T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Hiʻiaka's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04mw_k2[15].
  • Hiʻiaka's IPA transcription is recorded as hiːʔiˈɑːkə[16].
  • Hiʻiaka's IPA transcription is recorded as ˈhiʔiˈjɐkə[17].
  • Hiʻiaka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0513'}[18].
  • Hiʻiaka's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+3.3'}[19].
  • Hiʻiaka's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Hiiaka[20].
  • Hiʻiaka's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+3.24'}[21].
  • Hiʻiaka's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+126.356'}[22].
  • Hiʻiaka's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+0.461'}[23].
  • Hiʻiaka's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2655272', 'amount': '+17.9'}[24].
  • Hiʻiaka's temperature is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+33'}[25].
  • Hiʻiaka's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+160'}[26].
  • Hiʻiaka's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+49.462'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Michael E. Brown[3], an astronomer[28], b. 1965[29], of United States[30], awarded the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics[31], specialised in planetary science[32]; Chadwick Trujillo[4], an astronomer[33], b. 1973[34], of United States[35], specialised in planetary science[36]; and David L. Rabinowitz[5], an astronomer[37], b. 1960[38], of United States[39], specialised in astronomy[40].

Why It Matters

Hiʻiaka draws 42 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_haumea category, ranking #2 of 2).[2] Hiʻiaka has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Hiʻiaka is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . johnstonsarchive.net. johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . johnstonsarchive.net. johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . digibug.ugr.es. digibug.ugr.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . johnstonsarchive.net. johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Haumea's Shape, Composition, and Internal Structure. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . johnstonsarchive.net. johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . johnstonsarchive.net. johnstonsarchive.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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