Makemake

Lost in the icy depths of the Solar System, Makemake is a fascinating dwarf planet that shines in the heart of the Kuiper Belt , far beyond Neptune. Discovered in 2005, it is one of the most distant worlds known, bathed in sunlight so faint that the Sun looks like a simple, bright star.

Makemake is covered in methane and ethane ice , which gives it a reddish-gold, almost coppery sheen. Its frozen surface can reach temperatures of –240°C, enough to send shivers down the spines of even the most hardened comets.

Makemake has a small, mysterious moon, nicknamed MK2, that slowly orbits it. This silent duo floats in the darkness like an icy jewel suspended in the interstellar void.

NEWS FLASH: Makemake is named after a creation deity in Easter Island mythology, a symbol of fertility and rebirth, a poetic name for a distant world that reminds us that life, in all its forms, is born even from the depths of cold and silence. In this mythology, he is said to have been at the origin of the creation of humanity.

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PUN: Don't Makemake me mad!