Makemake [e] (minor-planet designation: 136472 Makemake) is a dwarf planet and the largest of what is known as the classical population of Kuiper belt objects, [b] with a diameter approximately that of Saturn's moon Iapetus, or 60% that of Pluto.

Jan 22, 2025 · Dwarf planet Makemake – along with Pluto, Haumea, and Eris – is located in the Kuiper Belt, a donut-shaped region of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. Makemake is slightly smaller than Pluto, and is the second-brightest object in the Kuiper Belt as seen from Earth while Pluto is the brightest.

The dwarf planet Makemake is a classical Kuiper object or a cubewano. It is the second-largest object in this population. Other astronomers classify Makemake differently. Experts in minor objects, David Jewitt, Marc Buie, and Mike Brown, consider it as a near-scattered disk object.

May 2, 2016 · Makemake is a dwarf planet in the outer solar system. It was the fourth body identified as a dwarf planet, and was one of the bodies that caused Pluto to lose its status as a 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.

Oct 8, 2019 · Makemake is the second furthest dwarf planet from the Sun located beyond Neptune’s orbit. Discovered in 2005, it is the third-largest known dwarf planet.

Makemake is the second furthest dwarf planet from the Sun and is the third largest dwarf planet in the solar system. Makemake was discovered on March 31st 2005 and was recognized as a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in July 2008.

Makemake is one of five dwarf planets that have been identified including: Pluto, Ceres, Eris, and Haumea. Makemake is located in the area outside of Neptune’s orbit that is called the Kuiper Belt. It’s smaller than Pluto, yet one of the brightest objects in the Kuiper Belt.

Apr 26, 2016 · Peering to the outskirts of our solar system, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a small, dark moon orbiting Makemake, the second brightest icy dwarf planet — after Pluto — in the Kuiper Belt. This artist’s concept shows the distant dwarf planet Makemake and its newly discovered moon.

After Pluto and Eris, Makemake is the third largest dwarf planet. It takes this dwarf planet 310 Earth years to make one orbit around the Sun. At this time, no moons have been discovered in orbit around Makemake.