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Artist’s Concept of Makemake and Its Newly Discovered Moon (Makemake, Dwarf Planet (136472), Moon S/2015 (136472) 1, MK 2) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Artist’s Concept of Makemake and Its Newly Discovered Moon

April 26, 2016 · NASA · Makemake, Dwarf Planet (136472), Moon S/2015 (136472) 1, MK 2

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About the data

The HST data were taken from proposal 13668 PI: M. Buie (Southwest Research Institute), W. Grundy (Lowell Observatory), and K. Noll (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center). The science team comprises A. Parker and M. Buie (Southwest Research Institute), W. Grundy (Lowell Observatory), and K. Noll (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center).

More Hubble images of Makemake, Dwarf Planet (136472), Moon S/2015 (136472) 1, MK 2