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Haumean

Haumean adjective: of or pertaining to the dwarf planet Haumea.

Adjective

Haumean (comparative more Haumean, superlative most Haumean)

  1. Of or pertaining to the dwarf planet Haumea.
    • For the motion of even the fastest detectable Haumean satellites over the timescale of our observations, we find that quadratic fits to the x and y positions are always sufficient.2016 May 27, Luke D. Burkhart, Darin Ragozzine, Michael E. Brown, “A Deep Search for Additional Satellites around the Dwarf Planet Haumea”, in The Astronomical Journal, volume 151, number 6, archived...

Forms of Haumean

comparativemore Haumean
superlativemost Haumean

Origin of Haumean

From Haumea + -an.

Questions about Haumean

What does Haumean mean?
Haumean means of or pertaining to the dwarf planet Haumea.
What part of speech is Haumean?
Haumean is an adjective.

Words near Haumean in the dictionary

  1. hault
  2. haulyard
  3. haulyards
  4. haum
  5. Haumea
  6. Haumean
  7. haums
  8. Haumurian
  9. Haun
  10. haunce
  11. haunced

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