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- 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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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)
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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@rubensxd o nome makemake é uma dica, cara... eu q soltei o boato.
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@rubensxd Makemake é obviamente uma piada.
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Hawaiian Word of the Day: makemake (like)
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Solar System: First submm detection/image of MakeMake (a small dwarf planet outside of the orbit of Pluto, discovered in 2005)
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@punchybda @b3cft One for the boys? Solar System... http://bit.ly/8mrJhz - although missing Eris, Ceres, Haumea, and Makemake!
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