Makemake in 3D: live position and orbit

Discovered just after Easter 2005 and nicknamed “Easterbunny”, it was later named after the creator god of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Its reddish surface is coated in frozen methane.

Makemake is shown at its real position, computed from NASA/JPL ephemeris data. The view opens on Makemake; you can travel in time, switch between the educational overview and the true-scale voyage, and compare it with every other body of the solar system.

Radius

717 km¹ (derived value)

Mean distance from the Sun

45.499 AU² (derived value)

Orbital period

112 023 days² (derived value)

Synodic rotation

22.83 hours³

Known moons

1 (as of October 2026)³

Sources

1. Brown, On the size, shape, and density of dwarf planet Makemake. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 767, L7. 2013. read 2026-09-17. https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.1041
2. NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics, Horizons System (osculating orbital elements). read 2026-09-17. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons/
3. NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics, Small-Body Database. read 2026-09-17. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html