Dwarf Planet · Kuiper Belt

Makemake

Discovered just after Easter 2005, Makemake is one of the largest known Kuiper Belt objects. Its bright reddish surface is covered in frozen methane and ethane. In 2016, a small dark moon (MK2) was discovered orbiting it.

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