This illustration shows a dim, reddish sphere against black space, with light from a star above it cast across its surface. A smaller sphere, a moon, is visible at the lower right of the bigger sphere.

Makemake Moon

This artist's concept shows the distant dwarf planet Makemake and its newly discovered moon. Makemake and its moon, nicknamed MK 2, are more than 50 times farther away than Earth is from the sun.

Credits: NASA, ESA, and A. Parker (SWRI)
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TakenApril 26, 2016
Image CreditNASA, ESA, and A. Parker (SWRI)
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