136472 Makemake

Summary

136472 Makemake is a plutoid^[1]. It draws 3,156 Wikipedia views per month (plutoid category, ranking #2 of 2).^[2]

Key Facts

• 136472 Makemake is credited with the discovery of Michael E. Brown^[3].
• 136472 Makemake is credited with the discovery of Chadwick Trujillo^[4].
• 136472 Makemake is credited with the discovery of David L. Rabinowitz^[5].
• 136472 Makemake's instance of is recorded as plutoid^[6].
• 136472 Makemake's instance of is recorded as cubewano^[7].
• 136472 Makemake's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Makemake is named after 136472 Makemake^[9].
• 136472 Makemake followed (136471) 2005 FJ7^[10].
• 136472 Makemake was followed by 136473 Bakosgáspár^[11].
• 136472 Makemake's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[12].
• 136472 Makemake's minor planet group is recorded as cubewano^[13].
• 136472 Makemake took place at Solar System^[14].
• 136472 Makemake's Commons category is recorded as 136472 Makemake^[15].
• 136472 Makemake's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[16].
• 136472 Makemake's child astronomical body is recorded as S/2015 (136472) 1^[17].
• 136472 Makemake's Unicode character is recorded as 🝼^[18].
• 136472 Makemake's provisional designation is recorded as 2005 FY9^[19].
• 136472 Makemake's time of discovery or invention is recorded as March 31, 2005^[20].
• 136472 Makemake's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 136472 Makemake's IPA transcription is recorded as ˈmakeˈmake^[22].
• 136472 Makemake's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Makemake^[23].
• 136472 Makemake's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15802'}^[24].
• 136472 Makemake's flattening is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[25].
• 136472 Makemake's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.05'}^[26].
• 136472 Makemake's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '-0.2'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include plutoid^[6] and cubewano^[7].

Origins

Makemake is named after 136472 Makemake^[9].

Influence

Things named for 136472 Makemake include The Makemakes^[28], a rock band^[29], founded in 2012^[30].

Why It Matters

136472 Makemake draws 3,156 Wikipedia views per month (plutoid category, ranking #2 of 2).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include The Makemakes^[28], a rock band^[29], founded in 2012^[30].