Hiʻiaka is the larger of the two known moons of the dwarf planet Haumea, in the Kuiper belt beyond Neptune. It was discovered in 2005 by a team led by Michael Brown using the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, and is a few hundred kilometers across. Its surface is mostly water ice, like Haumea's, which supports the idea that both come from a giant collision that created a family of icy bodies. The discovery of Hiʻiaka allowed astronomers to calculate the mass of Haumea from the moon's orbit. It is named after a daughter of Haumea in Hawaiian mythology, who is associated with the island of Hawaiʻi.
Before and after
- 20052005 becomes the warmest year on record
- 5 January 2005Release of Uncyclopedia
- 12 January 2005Launch of Deep Impact
- 21 January 2005Birth of IShowSpeed
- 26 January 2005Discovery of Hiʻiaka
- February 2005Release of Armenian Wikipedia
- 3 February 2005Kam Air Flight 904
- 8 February 2005Release of Google Maps
- 14 February 2005Launch of YouTube
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