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    Namaka is the smaller, inner moon of the trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Haumea. It is named after Nāmaka, the goddess of the sea in Hawaiian mythology and...
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  • In Hawaiian mythology, Nāmaka (or Nā-maka-o-Kahaʻi, the eyes of Kahaʻi) appears as a sea goddess in the Pele family. She is an older sister of Pele-honua-mea...
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    The dwarf planet Haumea has two known moons, Hiʻiaka and Namaka, named after Hawaiian goddesses. These small moons were discovered in 2005, from observations...
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  • Look up Namaka in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Namaka may refer to Nāmaka, Hawaiian mythological sea goddess Namaka (moon), inner moon of the dwarf...
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    would be expected due to its constant irradiation by cosmic rays. Namaka, the other moon of Haumea Ragozzine, D.; Brown, M. E. (2009). "Orbits and Masses...
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    largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest in the Solar System, larger than any of the dwarf planets of the Solar System. It is the only moon known to...
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    satellite). Natural satellites are colloquially referred to as moons, a derivation from the Moon of Earth. In the Solar System, there are six planetary satellite...
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    second-smallest of the four Galilean moons of the planet Jupiter. Slightly larger than Earth's moon, Io is the fourth-largest moon in the Solar System, has the...
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    remains uncertain). Haumea has two moons, Hiʻiaka and Namaka, of radii ~195 and ~100 km, respectively. Makemake has one moon, discovered in April 2016. A number...
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    several large trans-Neptunian objects and Haumea's two known moons, Hiʻiaka and Namaka. Two teams claim credit for the discovery of Haumea. A team consisting...
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