Makemake is a dwarf planet in the outer solar system that is about two-thirds the size of Pluto. It is farther out than Pluto, but closer than Eris. See images (including this artist's rendering ...

The dwarf planet Makemake has been closely examined for the first time. In April 2011, Makemake – one of five dwarf planets in our Solar System – passed between Earth and a distant star.

makemake is partially to blame for pluto's demotion to dwarf planet. The discovery of Makemake and, just a few months before, Eris—which is larger than Pluto —forced astronomers to reconsider ...

Dwarf planet Makemake is about two thirds of the size of Pluto, and travels around the Sun in a distant path that lies beyond that of Pluto but closer to the Sun than Eris, the most massive known ...

The dwarf planet Makemake is about two-thirds the size of Pluto. It travels in a distant orbit that is farther from the Sun than Pluto’s but closer than that of Eris, the most massive known ...

Until today, Makemake was the only icy dwarf planet without a moon—and without a known satellite, scientists had no way to calculate its density. On top of that, ...

Dwarf planet Makemake is about two thirds of the size of Pluto, and travels around the Sun in a distant path that lies beyond that of Pluto but closer to the Sun than Eris, ...

Artist's impression of Makemake, a dwarf planet roughly 2/3 the diameter of Pluto. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org) ...

The International Astronomical Union recently recognized Makemake as a dwarf planet and classified it as a plutoid. Makemake, the celestial body, was named after Makemake, the bird-man god of ...

The dwarf planets in question, Eris and Makemake, are both found in the Kuiper Belt past Neptune's orbit and are far from the Sun's warmth, similar to fellow dwarf planet Pluto.

Dwarf planet Makemake [1] is about two thirds of the size of Pluto, and travels around the Sun in a distant path that lies beyond that of Pluto but closer to the Sun than Eris, the most massive ...