Pluto and Haumea are the only outer system bodies with more than one moon. Pluto boasts the very large Charon and four tiny moons. The other known KBO dwarf planets, Eris and Makemake, have a ...

Haumea: The oddball Haumea, a Kuiper Belt denizen orbiting slightly beyond Pluto, was discovered by Brown and his team in late 2004. It's one of the weirdest objects in the solar system.

Animation: Rings Found Circling Weird World Near Pluto Astronomers have discovered the first known dwarf planet to host a ring system. This animation shows the 43-mile-wide ring of particles and ...

Among these TNOs are dwarf planets like Eris, which is a similar size to Pluto, Haumea, Makemake. These are joined by Orcus, Quaoar, Gonggong and Sedna.

Haumea is one of the largest objects inhabiting an area beyond Neptune known as the Kuiper Belt. Pluto is the region's largest resident, and Haumea shares some characteristics with its larger ...

Haumea, the most peculiar of Pluto companions, has a ring around it Date: October 12, 2017 Source: Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) Summary: The trans-neptunian belt contains ...

Everyone's favorite dwarf planet, Pluto, was discovered just 95 years ago. Here's the story of how the once-ninth planet was discovered.

They are now Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Eris and Makemake. The discovery of Haumea was announced in mid-2005, and the object was initially given the provisional designation of 2003 EL61.

Past the orbit of Neptune, in the most remote part of our solar system, there lurks a dwarf planet. No, not Pluto; we're talking about the dwarf planet Haumea.Discovered in 2004, Haumea lies a few ...