Makemake
E20868
Makemake is a large, icy dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, known for its extremely cold surface and status as one of the most massive objects beyond Neptune.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Makemake canonical | 8 |
| Makemake (abbreviation-based name MK 2) | 1 |
| Makemake system | 1 |
| dwarf planet Makemake | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kuiper Belt object
ⓘ
celestial body ⓘ dwarf planet ⓘ trans-Neptunian object ⓘ |
| absoluteMagnitude | approximately -0.3 ⓘ |
| albedo | approximately 0.77 ⓘ |
| aphelionDistance | approximately 53.1 astronomical units ⓘ |
| belongsToDynamicalClass | classical Kuiper Belt object ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Chad Trujillo
ⓘ
David L. Rabinowitz ⓘ
surface form:
David Rabinowitz
Michael E. Brown ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 2005-03-31 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth | varies around 52 astronomical units (approximate) ⓘ |
| dwarfPlanetRecognitionYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| eccentricity | approximately 0.16 ⓘ |
| hasBeenObservedByOccultation | yes ⓘ |
| hasSatellite | MK 2 ⓘ |
| hasSeasonalEffects | likely due to eccentric orbit ⓘ |
| hasThinAtmosphere | possible transient atmosphere ⓘ |
| inclination | approximately 29 degrees ⓘ |
| isBeyond | Neptune ⓘ |
| isColderThan | Pluto ⓘ |
| isInHydrostaticEquilibrium | likely ⓘ |
| isNearlySpherical | true ⓘ |
| isObservedBy |
Hubble Space Telescope
ⓘ
ground-based telescopes ⓘ |
| isOneOfMostMassiveTransNeptunianObjects | true ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Solar System ⓘ |
| isResonantObject | no strong mean-motion resonance with Neptune ⓘ |
| mass | approximately 3.1×10^21 kilograms ⓘ |
| meanDiameter | approximately 1430 kilometers ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Makemake (Rapa Nui deity) ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod | approximately 305 Earth years ⓘ |
| orbitalRegion |
outer Solar System
ⓘ
surface form:
Kuiper Belt
|
| orbits | Sun ⓘ |
| perihelionDistance | approximately 38.5 astronomical units ⓘ |
| recognizedAsDwarfPlanetBy | International Astronomical Union ⓘ |
| rotationPeriod | approximately 22.5 hours ⓘ |
| satelliteDiscoveredBy | Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ |
| satelliteDiscoveryDate | 2015-04 ⓘ |
| semiMajorAxis | approximately 45.7 astronomical units ⓘ |
| spectralType | red ⓘ |
| surfaceComposition |
ethane ice
ⓘ
methane ice ⓘ nitrogen ice (possible) ⓘ |
| surfaceState | icy ⓘ |
| surfaceTemperature | approximately 30 to 40 kelvin ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kuiper Belt object
this entity surface form:
Makemake system
this entity surface form:
Makemake (abbreviation-based name MK 2)
this entity surface form:
dwarf planet Makemake