The Short Rotation Period of Hi'iaka, Haumea's Largest Satellite

Autor: Luke Burkhart, Cesar I. Fuentes, Danielle M. Hastings, Jean-Luc Margot, Michael E. Brown, Matthew J. Holman, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Darin Ragozzine

Publikováno v: Hastings, DM; Ragozzine, D; Fabrycky, DC; Burkhart, LD; Fuentes, C; Margot, J-L; et al.(2016). THE SHORT ROTATION PERIOD OF HI'IAKA, HAUMEA'S LARGEST SATELLITE. ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL, 152(6). doi: 10.3847/0004-6256/152/6/195. UCLA: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7q75z7fq

Hi'iaka is the larger outer satellite of the dwarf planet Haumea. Using relative photometry from the Hubble Space Telescope and Magellan and a phase dispersion minimization analysis, we have identified the rotation period of Hi'iaka to be ~9.8 hrs (d

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http://arxiv.org/abs/1610.04305