A team of astronomers
has discovered a faint moon orbiting the dwarf planet Makemake; one of the five
dwarf planets in the Solar System. The object, which takes its name from the
Rapanui god of creation, Make-Make, it was discovered in 2005 and is a frozen
1,400 kilometers in diameter that orbits the Sun at a distance greater than
Pluto's body.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016
The dwarf planet Makemake has a moon
A team of astronomers
has discovered a faint moon orbiting the dwarf planet Makemake; one of the five
dwarf planets in the Solar System. The object, which takes its name from the
Rapanui god of creation, Make-Make, it was discovered in 2005 and is a frozen
1,400 kilometers in diameter that orbits the Sun at a distance greater than
Pluto's body.
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