27 April 2016
Dwarf planet MakeMake found to have a moon
...are already known to be covered in frozen methane. Preliminary estimates of the moon indicate that it is in a circular orbit around MakeMake and thus completes a circuit around the dwarf planet in 12 days or longer. Determining the shape of the moons...
25 January 2016
Permanent N2 icecap at Pluto’s north pole may be responsible for an expanding atmosphere
..., long before probes were sent to image its surface. Other trans-neptunian objects such as Charon, Eris, Makemake and Quaoar were also analysed using this technique, and so far, none of the objects have exhibited...
01 June 2018
Largest discovery of trans-Neptunian objects released
... 100 AU. Other large bodies classed as trans-Neptunian objects include Pluto and its icy moon Hydra, Makemake, Haumea and Sedna. The present set of minor planets available for testing models of the Solar System...
13 March 2020
Over 100 new minor planets found in new astronomical survey
... and since then, other sizeable bodies found lurking in the frigid depths of space have included Haumea, Makemake, Gonggong and Eris, which incidentally is more massive than Pluto. To find this latest batch of TNOs, the...
