Haumea size and scale context

Haumea is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt with a noticeably stretched silhouette. Its rapid rotation makes it one of the most unusual large bodies in the outer Solar System, and it also has two moons and a ring. The odd system is likely the aftermath of a major collision early in Haumea’s history. Read its scale context, comparisons, and journey links on the canonical object page.

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Between the smallest and the largest, perspective is everything.

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Scale of Space is a scroll-based journey through the universe, placing objects on a single logarithmic scale so you can compare size across an unbroken range.

Guides turn parts of that scale into curated essays, while focused views let you explore the same range through specific groups of objects.

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Dwarf planets

Ceres

Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt and the smallest recognized dwarf planet. NASA’s Dawn mission showed that its brightest spots are salt deposits left by briny water rising from below, revealing Ceres as a surprisingly active water-rich world.

Scale fact940 kmmean diameter

Object class: Dwarf planet
Mass: ~0.00016 Earth masses
Host: Sun
Estimated age: ~4.56 billion years
Composition: Rock and water ice
Temperature: ~167 K mean surface

Dwarf planets

Haumea

Scale fact2,322 kmmaximum extent

Object class: Dwarf planet
Mass: ~0.00067 Earth masses
Host: Sun
Estimated age: ~4.5 billion years
Composition: Rock and water ice

Dwarf planets

Pluto

Pluto is an icy dwarf planet with a surprisingly active surface and atmosphere. New Horizons found nitrogen-ice glaciers flowing across its plains and blue hazes in its sky, showing that even the Kuiper Belt can host dynamic worlds.

Scale fact2,380 kmdiameter

Object class: Dwarf planet
Mass: ~0.0022 Earth masses
Host: Sun
Estimated age: ~4.5 billion years
Composition: Rock, water ice, nitrogen and methane ices
Temperature: ~44 K mean surface