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Makemake (minor-planet designation: 136472 Makemake) is a dwarf planet and the second-largest of what is known as the classical population of Kuiper belt objects, with a diameter approximately that of Saturn's moon Iapetus, or 60% that of Pluto. It has one known satellite.
Makemake is a small, icy world in the Kuiper Belt, named after a Rapanui god of fertility. It has one moon, no rings, and may have a thin atmosphere near perihelion.
Oct 8, 2019 · Makemake is the second furthest dwarf planet from the Sun and the third-largest known dwarf planet. It has a red surface, one satellite, and a possible transient atmosphere of nitrogen and methane.
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May 2, 2016 · Makemake was the fourth dwarf planet named. It was one of the bodies that caused Pluto to lose its status as a planet.
Makemake is the second furthest dwarf planet from the Sun and the largest Kuiper belt object. Learn about its discovery, characteristics, name, and how it changed the definition of planet.
Makemake, dwarf planet orbiting the Sun beyond the orbit of Pluto. Originally called 2005 FY9, Makemake is named after the creator god of the Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island; the name alludes to its discovery by astronomers at Palomar Observatory on March 31, 2005, a few days after Easter.
Pluto and Makemake are the two brightest objects that have so far been discovered in the Kuiper Belt. It takes 310 Earth years for this dwarf planet to make one orbit around the Sun. Makemake was first observed in 2005 by a team of astronomers led by Michael Brown. Its codename was Easterbunny.
