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.

2025年1月22日 · Makemake holds an important place in the history of solar system studies because it was one of the objects – along with Eris – whose discovery prompted the International Astronomical Union to reconsider the definition of a planet, and to …

2019年10月8日 · Makemake is about a fifth as bright as Pluto. It is dimmer than Pluto yet brighter than Eris. Makemake has a radius of about 444 miles or 715 kilometers, it’s 1/9 the radius of Earth. Like other dwarf planets, it travels through the …

2016年4月26日 · 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.

It is named for Makemake, the creator of humanity, god of fertility and chief god in the Rapa Nui mythology of Easter Island. Besides Pluto, Makemake was the only dwarf planet bright enough to have possibly been detected by astronomer Clyde William Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto in …

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.

2016年5月2日 · Makemake is the second brightest known object in the outer solar system, just slightly dimmer than Pluto. At 870 miles (1,400 kilometers) wide, it is about two-thirds the size of the more well ...

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.

2024年10月2日 · Makemake is a dwarf planet located in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune’s orbit. It ranks as the third largest dwarf planet in the solar system with a diameter of 1,430 kilometers. Makemake’s surface consists primarily of methane and ethane ices, giving it a reflective and reddish appearance.

Makemake shares characteristics with other Kuiper Belt objects, forming a class of icy bodies that bear witness to the solar system’s early stages. Its composition, predominantly composed of ices such as methane and ethane, aligns with common features found among Kuiper Belt objects.