Makemake
The next dwarf planet is reddish in colour. The only Kuiper Belt Object that rivals its red colour is 2007 OR10 (1535 km across). Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930, but could have discovered Makemake too. However, the stars in the background made it too hard to find Makemake.
Makemake Stats
Average Distance from Sun: 6839 million km
Perihelion: 5773.1 million km Aphelion: 7904.9 million km Mass: 0.00067 times Earth Equatorial Diameter: 1434 km Polar Diameter: 1422 km Volume: 0.0016 times Earth Gravity: 0.05 times Earth (0.5 N/kg) Temperature: -240 C Rotation: 7.77 hours Revolution: 112 897 Earth days Moons: 1 Type: Dwarf planet Namesake: Makemake was Easter Island's Rapanui god of creation. |
Makemake Facts
- MAKEMAKE HAS A MOON. Dubbed MK 2, this moon wasn't known until April 2016. MK 2 is 160 km across.
- MAKEMAKE DOESN'T HAVE AN ATMOSPHERE, which is strange. If it does have at least an exosphere, it's probably made of methane and nitrogen.
- MAKEMAKE WAS NICKNAMED THE EASTER BUNNY, because it was discovered around Easter. Of course, this was before it was given an official name, which comes from Easter Island!