2008年9月17日,國際天文聯會宣佈了2003 EL61及這兩顆衛星的永久命名:(136108) Haumea I Hiʻiaka及(136108) Haumea II Namaka。[10]兩顆衛星均以主管生育和生殖的女神好婺妹阿(妊神星)的女兒命名。希亞卡(妊衛一)是舞蹈女神及夏威夷島的守護神,而夏威夷島是毛納基山天文台所在之地。[11]娜瑪卡(妊衛二)則是海水之神,她曾將妹妹培嫘(火山之神)的岩漿通過海水冷卻下來,並形成新的土地。[12]
^In US dictionary transcription, 美國字典發音: hē′·-ē·â′·kə.
^ 2.02.12.22.32.4D. Ragozzine, M. E. BrownOrbits And Masses Of The Satellites Of The Dwarf Planet Haumea = 2003 EL61, To appear in The Astronomical Journal (2009) Preprint on arXiv
^In US dictionary transcription, 美國字典發音: nâ·mâ′·kə.
^ 6.06.1Barkume, K. M; Brown, M. E.; Schaller, E. L. Water Ice on the Satellite of Kuiper Belt Object 2003 EL. The Astrophysical Journal. 2006-03-20, 640 (1): L87–L89. doi:10.1086/503159.引文使用过时参数coauthors (帮助)
^M. E. Brown, A. H. Bouchez, D. Rabinowitz. R. Sari, C. A. Trujillo, M. van Dam, R. Campbell, J. Chin, S. Hardman, E. Johansson, R. Lafon, D. Le Mignant, P. Stomski, D. Summers, and P. Wizinowich. Keck Observatory Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Discovery and Characterization of a Satellite to the Large Kuiper Belt Object 2003 EL61. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 2005-09-02, 632: L45–L48. Bibcode:2005ApJ...632L..45B. doi:10.1086/497641.
^ 14.014.1Brown, M. E.; van Dam, M. A.; Bouchez, A. H.; Le Mignant, D.; Campbell, R. D.; Chin, J. C. Y.; Conrad, A.; Hartman, S. K.; Johansson, E. M.; Lafon, R. E.; Rabinowitz, D. L.; Stomski, Jr., P. J.; Summers, D. M.; Trujillo, C. A.; Wizinowich, P. L. Satellites of the Largest Kuiper Belt Objects. The Astrophysical Journal. 2006-03-01, 639 (1): L43–L46. doi:10.1086/501524.引文使用过时参数coauthors (帮助)
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D. C. Fabrycky, M. J. Holman, D. Ragozzine, M. E. Brown, T. A. Lister, D. M. Terndrup, J. Djordjevic, E. F. Young, L. A. Young, R. R. Howell. Mutual Events of 2003 EL61 and its Inner Satellite. AAS DPS conference 2008. [2008-10-17].[永久失效連結]