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Makemake

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A reddish dwarf planet of the Kuiper belt, found in 2005. Artist's impression: its surface hasn't been observed up close yet. This look is generated from many factors as a best guess at what it might look like, and will be updated as more data comes in.

Measured

Mean radius
715 km
From the Earth today
53.4 AU (7.99 billion km)

How far, from the Earth

53.4 AU. To cross it:

  • Light7 hours 24 minutes
  • Voyager 1's speed15 years
  • Driving at 100 km/h9,110 years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Where this comes from

  • Planets, Pluto, the Moon and Jupiter's big moons: astronomy-engine (Don Cross, MIT). Other moons: JPL Planetary Satellite Mean Elements. Ceres, Eris, Haumea, Makemake: JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/JPL-Caltech.

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