Dwarf Planet Veiled in Water-Ice
Friday, May 13, 2011 - 11:00
in Astronomy & Space
The oddly-squashed Haumea – and at least one of its two satellites – are covered in crystalline water-ice. At 1,960 km (1,218 miles) across, the oval-shaped world was the 5th to be classified as a dwarf planet of our Sun.