Makemake (minor-planet designation 136472 Makemake) is a dwarf planet and perhaps the largest Kuiper belt object (KBO) in the classical population with a diameter that is about 2/3 the size of Pluto. Makemake has no known satellites which makes it unique among the largest KBOs and means that its mass can only be estimated.
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apoapsis (km)
1.18766e+12, 7.93976e+12
average speed (km/s)
15908.4
orbital period (μ)
1.95581e+10
periapsis (km)
8.61684e+11, 5.76086e+12
apparent magnitude
16.7
discovery date
2005-03-31
discoverer
Chad Trujillo, David L. Rabinowitz, Michael E. Brown
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