This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way,

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This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity Makemake dwarf planet. Artwork of the surface of the dwarf planet Makemake, with the Sun at top right. Makemake has a diameter of around 1450 kilometres, about two-thirds the size of Pluto. It orbits the Sun at a greater distance than Pluto, and is part of the Kuiper Belt. It was expected to have an atmosphere like Pluto, but this has now been shown to not be the case. Most of the surface consists of nitrogen and methane ices. Makemake was discovered in 2005.

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Photo credit: © L. CALCADA/NICK RISINGER/EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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