Tag: Makemake

• Makemake has no atmosphere, possibly a partly frosted surface

  The dwarf planet Makemake (pronounced MAHkayMAHkay) is about 2/3 the diameter of Pluto, and farther from the Sun. That makes it hard to observe. Astronomers using a set of telescopes in South America tracked it during an occultation: a brief interval when it passed in front of a faint star. By measuring the light curve—the…

  Matthew R. Francis

  November 21, 2012

  Ars Technica, Writing for Other Sites

  Makemake, planetary science, Pluto