Back Намака (спадарожнік) BE-X-OLD Намака (спътник) Bulgarian Namaka (satèl·lit) Catalan ناماکا (مانگ) CKB Namaka (Mond) German Ναμάκα (δορυφόρος) Greek Namako (luno) Esperanto Namaka (satélite) Spanish ناماکا (قمر) Persian Namaka Finnish
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Namaka_Hubble.png) In this photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, Namaka is the faint spot near the bottom, directly below Haumea (center). | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, David Rabinowitz, et al. |
| Discovery date | 30 June 2005 |
| Designations | |
Designation | Haumea II |
| Pronunciation | /nɑːˈmɑːkə/ Hawaiian: [naːˈmɐkə] |
| (136108) 2003 EL61 II S/2005 (2003 EL61) 2 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch JD 2454615.0 | |
| 25657±91 km[1] | |
| Eccentricity | 0.249±0.015 (in 2009; variable) |
| 18.2783±0.0076 d[1] | |
| 178.5°±1.7° | |
| Inclination | 113.013°±0.075° 13.41°±0.08° relative to Hiʻiaka (in 2008; variable) |
| 205.016°±0.228° | |
| 178.9°±2.3° | |
| Satellite of | Haumea |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | ~85 km (if albedo is same as primary's 0.7±0.1) |
| Mass | (1.79±1.48)×1018 kg[1] (0.05% the mass of Haumea) |
Mean density | (assumed to be near 1 g/cm3) |
| ? | |
| Albedo | 0.8±0.2[2][3] |
| Temperature | 32±3 K |
| 21.9 (4.6 difference from primary's 17.3)[2] | |
Namaka is the smaller, inner moon of the trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Haumea. It is named after Nāmaka, the goddess of the sea in Hawaiian mythology and one of the daughters of Haumea.
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