Haumea, the egg -shaped dwarf planet
On April 22, use a telescope and look at the sky-if you see an egg, consider it your Easter Follar. It will be possible to have a glimpse of the stranger dwarf planet we know for these bands.
Haumea is a egg -shaped dwarf planet and is also known for 2003 El61. It is considered one of the strangest star objects that there are records in our solar system.
This planet has about A seventh size of the earth (It’s about the size of Pluto), and is so beyond Neptune, which takes 285 years to orbit the sun. It has two moons, and is the first known object of this region of the solar system to have a ring.
It is difficult to observe such distant objects that they are in the coldest region of our solar system – most can only be detected by large telescopes, highlights. But Very soon it will be possible to have a glimpse of this strange planet.
It is already on April 22, two days after Easter, which Haumea will be in opposition. This means that it will be on the same side of the sun as the earth, which makes it easier for humans to seek it in heaven: Your body reflects the sunlight to us.
Still, it will not be easy to find this object. It always needs a telescope with an opening of at least 25 centimeters. It will look like a point of light, but it can resort to astrophotography to reveal its oval shape.
To physics Abigail Beall He tells about New Scientist that “the first time I glimpsed the hauma was a few years ago. Although it seems only a point of light, I found it very exciting, knowing that it is part of our own solar system. It seemed more familiar to meSomehow, than the distant stars or galaxies that I am used to meeting with my telescope. ”
