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Dwarf planet · Kuiper Belt

Makemake

Diameter~1,430 km
Average distance45.8 AU
Year305 Earth years
Day~22.5 h

Discovered in March 2005 by Mike Brown's team, nicknamed "Easterbunny".

Hubble spotted its small dark moon, nicknamed MK 2, in 2015–2016.

Sources

  1. NASA Science, Makemake
  2. JPL Small-Body Database (orbital elements, physical parameters)
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