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Haumea, which is the third brightest kuiper belt object has an odd oval shape which is probably caused by what?

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extremely rapid rotation

Haumea is the third-brightest Kuiper belt object. Haumea has two moons. Haumea's odd oval shape is probably caused by its extremely rapid rotation. It rotates in just less than 4 hours! Like other Kuiper belt objects, Haumea is covered by ice. Its density is similar to Earths Moon, at 2.6  3.3 g/cm 3 . This means that most of Haumea is rocky.

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