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Namaka

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Where is it now

Distance from Sun
49.754 AU
True anomaly
210.66°
Distance from Earth
50.565 AU
As of
2 October 2026

Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.

Sun Earth — 1.001 AU from the Sun Earth Haumea — 49.754 AU from the Sun Haumea
Namaka is shown at its parent, Haumea. Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. Haumea is 50.565 AU from Earth today (7.0 light-hours).

In the sky

Right ascension
14h 40m 10s
Declination
+13° 37′ 57″
Constellation
Boötes
Distance from Earth
50.57 AU
Elongation from the Sun
35.14° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Visible from both hemispheres.

Shown at its parent's position — a moon sits within a fraction of a degree of its planet.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it's up after dark, and when it rises and sets where you are.

How do I find my coordinates?

Google Maps on a computer

  1. Right-click the spot where you'll be observing.
  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
  3. Paste them above.

Google Maps on a phone

  1. Press and hold the spot to drop a pin.
  2. The coordinates appear in the search bar (or on the pin's card) — tap to copy, then paste above.

A full Google Maps link works too, but the short maps.app.goo.gl share links don't carry coordinates — copy the numbers instead. We round to about a kilometre; that's all the sky calculation needs.

Know your what3words address? Paste it, e.g. ///filled.count.soap. This is optional — the three words are sent to what3words to convert them, and we don't store the address or the result.

Your location stays in your browser and is sent only for this calculation. Using a what3words address is optional; if you do, the three words go to what3words to be converted and we don't record them. Set a location first, then you can save an email alert for this object. See our privacy policy.

Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Orbital period
18.3 days
Epoch · J2000
J2000

Physical properties

Mean radius
85 km

Discovery & classification

Discovered by
Brown et al.
Discovery date
30 June 2005

Sources