Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Hubble Telescope finds tiny moon orbiting dwarf planet

An undated photo provided by NASA and made by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows a small, dark moon orbiting Makemake, the second brightest icy dwarf planet, after Pluto, in the Kuiper Belt. This is the first discovery of a companion object to Makemake. The moon, provisionally designated S/2015 (136472) 1 and nicknamed MK 2, is more than 1,300 times fainter than Makemake. (NASA via AP)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Chalk up a moon for the icy dwarf planet Makemake.


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