Makemake [e] (minor-planet designation: 136472 Makemake) is a dwarf planet and the largest of what is known as the classical population of Kuiper belt objects, [b] with a diameter …

An artist's impression of 2005 FY9. The image below and to the left is a CCD image of the recently announced Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) 2005 FY9 taken on September 3rd at Fremont …

elliptical orbit between 76 and nearly 1,000 2008 — The Kuiper Belt object provisionally known as 2005FY9 AU from the Sun. Since Sedna’s orbit takes it to such an extreme distance, its …

Makemake, dwarf planet orbiting the Sun beyond the orbit of Pluto.Originally called 2005 FY9, Makemake is named after the creator god of the Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island; the …

OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY OF THE LARGE KUIPER BELT OBJECTS 136472 (2005 FY9) AND 136108 (2003 EL61) S. C. Tegler1 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northern …

Jan 16, 2006 · Visible and near-infrared spectroscopic observations carried out on August 1st 2005 by a group leaded by the ING-IAC astronomer Javier Licandro[1] using the William …

Context: Despite the fact that 2005FY9 is one of the largest trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and a dwarf planet candidate, little is known about this object apart from constraints on its surface …

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No. 2, 2009 ROTATION PERIOD AND LIGHT-CURVE AMPLITUDE OF 136472 MAKEMAKE 429 Table 1 Observing Log UT Date No. of Useful Seeing Images FWHM 2007 Feb 19 29 2.1 arcsec

The discovery of a Pluto 'twin' in the trans-neptunian belt is relevant as Pluto is the only known TNO possessing a small atmosphere. The similar size and surface composition of 2005 FY 9 …