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Dwarf Planet

Makemake

One of the brightest Kuiper Belt objects; a reddish surface covered in methane, ethane and tholins.

TypeDwarf Planet
Parent bodySun
Radius715 km · 0.112 R⊕
Mass3.100 × 10²¹ kg · 5.19 × 10⁻⁴ M⊕
Mean density2.02 g/cm³
Surface gravity0.405 m/s² · 0.041 × Earth
Escape velocity0.761 km/s
Rotation period22.8 hours
Orbital radius45.4 AU (Sun)
Eccentricity0.161
Orbital period306 years

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