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Haumea is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt one-third the mass of Pluto |
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It was discovered in 2004 by a team headed by Mike Brown of Caltech at the Palomar Observatory in the United States, and in 2005 by a team headed by J L Ortiz at the Sierra Nevada Observatory in Spain, though the latter claim has been contested |
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On September 17, 2008, it was accepted as a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and named after Haumea, the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth |
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