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Makemake is a "dwarf planet" orbiting the Sun. It is about an eighth of the diameter of Earth. Discovered just prior to Easter in 2005, it had been nicknamed "Easterbunny" by scientists, but was officially designated Makemake in July 2008 by the International Astronomical Union.Universe Today: Newest Dwarf Planet (and Plutoid): Makemake (July 14, 2008) It is named after a creator god worshiped by the inhabitants of Easter Island (a.k.a. Rapa Nui).MSNBC: Dwarf planet named for Polynesian god (July 19, 2008)
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Fast Facts
- Pronounced mah-ki mah-ki
- Diameter estimated at 1,500 kmUniverse Today: Newest Dwarf Planet (and Plutoid): Makemake (July 14, 2008)
- About two-thirds the size of Pluto
- Believed to have a methane atmosphereUniverse Today: Newest Dwarf Planet (and Plutoid): Makemake (July 14, 2008)
- Orbits beyond Neptune, near Pluto
- Discovered March 31, 2005
- Named: July 2008
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Dwarf Planets
Makemake is one of four dwarf planets known to exist in the solar system, including Pluto, Eris and Ceres. As defined by the International Astronomical Union, a dwarf planet is an object large enough to have been made round by its own gravitational force, but still not massive enough to have "cleared its neighborhood" of other large objects.NASA: Dwarf Planets -
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@lisarc @inexorabletash I teach 13: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake & Eris
@laurele | November 13, 2009 05:52 PM -
Official Yuki dolls made by a fan! Feel free to purchase and own proudly by contacting B. Makemake here on FB..... http://bit.ly/1cUplR
@yukimeow | November 13, 2009 05:29 PM -
you see, jeffree, i can show you how to do it: makemake a lollipop squirtsquirt a lot of fluid. @santanabeltran
@stephenFerosh | November 13, 2009 02:26 PM -
@nikiastro And, of course, Makemake represents the easter bunny. At least to me.
@plutokiller | November 12, 2009 10:07 PM -
Laurel, have you met @plutokiller? RT @laurele: @its_susanne: Geophysical def. = 13 planets: [Std 8 +] Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, Eris
@Its_Susanne | November 12, 2009 09:56 PM
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