Hubble telescope spots tiny moon orbiting dwarf planet Makemake
 

Hubble telescope spots tiny moon orbiting dwarf planet Makemake
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Scientists have found a previously unseen moon orbiting Makemake, a tiny dwarf planet on the outskirts of the solar system.

This marks the first time a moon has been spotted around the little world, which takes about 310 Earth years to make a full circuit of the sun.

Scientists think the moon — nicknamed MK2 — is about 100 miles in diameter, but the exact details of this mysterious natural satellite are still a mystery.

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This discovery does, however, mark a big step toward understanding more about the Kuiper belt — the group of icy bodies past Neptune's orbit in the solar system.* Read more...


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