Makemake’s Moon.

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Nicknamed MK 2 and provisionally designated S/2015 (136472) 1, it is estimated to be 160 km in diameter. The moon was spotted about 20,000 km from Makemake in observations made by the Hubble Space Telescope in April 2015.


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The diagram above shows the size of MK 2 compared to Makemake, the Moon and Earth.

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