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Fourth Dwarf Planet Named For Polynesian God
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SPACE.com - A dwarf planet circling the sun out beyond the orbit of Neptune has been rechristened Makemake after a Polynesian god and designated the third of the solar system's new class of plutoids, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced
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Planet Dwarf Makemake

1:07PM EST November 21. 2012 - Out on the edge of the solar system beyond Pluto, an oblong dwarf planet poses a puzzle for astronomers. Makemake (Mah-kay-Mah-kay), a world some 890 miles across, orbits about 4.85 billion miles from the sun. Ref. Source 8

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Hubble discovers moon orbiting the dwarf planet Makemake

Peering to the outskirts of our solar system, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a small, dark moon orbiting Makemake, the second brightest icy dwarf planet -- after Pluto -- in the Kuiper Belt. Ref. Source 2p.

Planet Dwarf Makemake

Moon discovered over dwarf planet Makemake in the Kuiper Belt

Scientists have discovered an elusive, dark moon orbiting Makemake, one of the 'big four' dwarf planets populating the Kuiper Belt region at the edge of our solar system. Ref. Source 7i.