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Object guide
Makemake is a bright Kuiper Belt object covered in methane ices. It has one small known moon and was discovered in 2005. Makemake is approximately 1,430 km across.
How to observe Makemake
Makemake is generally a challenging visual target. Use a current ephemeris, dark skies, and image stacking when its angular size or brightness is insufficient for direct detail.
Scientific context
Useful scale comparisons are 0.112 Earth diameters, 0.051 g surface gravity, 306.215 Earth years per orbit. These values are rounded from the catalogue measurements shown on this page.
- Radius
- 715 km
- Diameter
- 1,430 km
- Mass
- 3,100,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
- Mean density
- 2.025 g/cm³
- Surface gravity
- 0.5 m/s² (0.051 g)
- Orbital period
- 111,845 days (306.215 years)
- Semi-major axis
- 45.7 AU
- Mean sunlight travel time
- 380.07 minutes
0.112 Earth diameters0.051 g surface gravity306.215 Earth years per orbit
Source: NASA Science (checked 2026-08-09). Values are rounded catalogue measurements.
Interactive orbit model
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