UNIVERSE
ASTEROIDS
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Pluto
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Makemake
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Eris
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Haumea
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Detailed explanation-1: -Makemake (minor-planet designation 136472 Makemake) is a dwarf planet and the second-largest of what are known as the classical population of Kuiper belt objects, with a diameter approximately that of Saturn’s moon Iapetus, or 60% that of Pluto. It has one known satellite.
Detailed explanation-2: -Moons. Makemake has one provisional moon, S/2015 (136472) 1, and it’s nicknamed MK 2. It is more than 1, 300 times fainter than Makemake. MK 2 was seen approximately 13, 000 miles from the dwarf planet, and its radius is estimated to be about 50 miles (80 kilometers).
Detailed explanation-3: -Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. This dwarf planet alone contains about a third of all the matter found in the belt!
Detailed explanation-4: -Ceres is the closest dwarf planet to Earth, orbiting at only 2.8 times Earth’s distance from the sun. Its year takes 4.6 Earth years and its day is 9.1 hours. Ceres has no known moons.
Detailed explanation-5: -The five best-known dwarf planets are Ceres, Pluto, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris.