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  • Erik Gregersen
    Erik Gregersen is a senior editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica, specializing in the physical sciences and technology. Before joining Britannica in 2007, he worked at the University of Chicago Press on the Astrophysical Journal. Prior to that, he worked at McMaster University on the ODIN radio astronomy satellite project. 

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Modified link of Web site: IOPscience - The Astrophysical Journal - Haumea’s Shape, Composition, and Internal Structure (PDF). Oct 05, 2026
Add new Web site: IOPscience - The Astrophysical Journal - Haumea’s Shape, Composition, and Internal Structure (PDF). May 29, 2026
Add new Web site: CORE - Dynamics of Haumea’s dust ring (PDF). Nov 10, 2025
Add new Web site: EDP Sciences - Astronomy and Astrophysics - Near-infrared spatially resolved spectroscopy of (136108) Haumea’s multiple system (PDF). May 30, 2025
Add new Web site: European Commission - Horizon Magazine - Astronomers discover ring around dwarf planet Haumea. Apr 04, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The formation of Haumea and its family via binary merging. Jan 20, 2025
Add new Web site: Scholarship Repository at Florida Tech - A Deep Search For Additional Satellites Around The Dwarf Planet Haumea. Oct 04, 2024
Add new Web site: IOPscience - The Astrophysical Journal - Haumea’s Shape, Composition, and Internal Structure (PDF). Jun 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Nature Communications - The formation of Haumea and its family via binary merging. Jan 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Sky & Telescope - Surprise! Dwarf Planet Haumea Has a Ring. Dec 01, 2023
Add new Web site: The Nine Planets - Haumea Facts. Sep 22, 2023
Add new Web site: The Planets - Haumea Facts. May 30, 2023
Add new Web site: Space.com - Haumea: Fast-Spinning Dwarf Planet. Mar 11, 2020
Add new Web site: Space Dictionary - Haumea Facts. May 30, 2019
Corrected display issue. Oct 12, 2017
Updated figures for Haumea's size. Added material about Haumea's density and ring system. Oct 11, 2017
Article revised and updated. Dec 27, 2016
Add new Web site: NASA - NASA Studies NASA Studies Origins of ‘Weird’ Solar System Object: Dwarf Planet Haumea. Oct 03, 2013
Media added. Mar 15, 2010
Information about large red spot added; dimensions corrected. Sep 21, 2009
Added new Web site: The Met - The Roman Republic. May 10, 2009
New article added. Sep 23, 2008
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