New planetoid added to solar system!
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Last week, a star was born. Or, more accurately, a planetoid was born. Makemake is the newest member of our solar system. The International Astronomical Union recently recognized the reddish object covered with frozen methane and ethane gases as a dwarf planet and classified it as a plutoid last week.
MakeMake, pronounced "Mah-keh Mak-keh" (rhymes with wakka-wakka?), was named after the creator god of Easter Island mythology because it was discovered around Easter in 2005. The plutoid's hobbies include orbiting Neptune, not having any satellites of its own, and being the second brightest Tran-Neptunian Object in our solar system. It is our solar system's fourth plutoid, joining Pluto, Ceres, and Eris in the heavens...and in our heart.
Don't let Pluto push you around, Makemake; dude's a hater. He's still angry over being demoted. You keep on orbiting, guy. We have your back.
DigitalJournal.com: Makemake, a Pluto-size non-planet, is named, despite the Easter Bunny
MakeMake, pronounced "Mah-keh Mak-keh" (rhymes with wakka-wakka?), was named after the creator god of Easter Island mythology because it was discovered around Easter in 2005. The plutoid's hobbies include orbiting Neptune, not having any satellites of its own, and being the second brightest Tran-Neptunian Object in our solar system. It is our solar system's fourth plutoid, joining Pluto, Ceres, and Eris in the heavens...and in our heart.
Don't let Pluto push you around, Makemake; dude's a hater. He's still angry over being demoted. You keep on orbiting, guy. We have your back.
DigitalJournal.com: Makemake, a Pluto-size non-planet, is named, despite the Easter Bunny
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