Haumea is roughly the same size as Pluto. It is one of the fastest rotating large objects in our solar system. The fast spin distorts Haumea's shape, making this dwarf planet look like a football. Two teams claim credit for discovering Haumea citing evidence from observations made in 2003 and 2004. Its surface, made largely of water ice, is unlike almost any other surface in the Kuiper Belt, except those of a dozen “siblings” that are similar orbits and look like it. 