Haumea's rapid spin stretches it into a potato shape

Dwarf planet Haumea, located beyond Neptune, spins incredibly fast, completing a rotation every four hours. This rapid spin creates powerful centrifugal forces that stretch its body into an elongated, potato-like shape, making it one of the most irregularly formed large objects in our solar system. It measures about 2,000 kilometers long but only 1,000 kilometers wide at its poles.