Planets of the Universe

Planets

Makemake

planet of Makemake
Discoverer:
Michael E. Brown
Discovered:
2005-03-31
Orbit:
309 years
Radius:
739 km
tilt:
unknown

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.