Makemake

Planets and Dwarf Planets

Makemake is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt beyond Neptune and the fourth largest dwarf planet and trans-Neptunian object in the Solar System. Discovered in 2005 at Palomar Observatory, it helped prompt Pluto's 2006 reclassification. Its highly reflective surface is largely frozen methane, with reddish-brown tholins. Makemake has one unnamed moon and evidence of geochemical activity and cryovolcanism. Its great distance means that it has not been visited by a space probe.

Classification: Dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt
Discovery: Discovered on March 31, 2005
Known moon: One, unnamed

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Article: Makemake (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q604
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