An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

The third largest known → dwarf planet after → Eris and → Pluto. Numbered 136472, and initially called 2005 FY_g, it
belongs to the → Kuiper belt in the solar system. Discovered in 2005, Makemake is roughly three-quarters of Pluto in size and orbits the Sun in about 310 years.

See also: Named after Makemake “the creator of humanity and god of fertility” in the mythology of the Rapanui, the native people of Easter Island.