Image: Makemake New Horizons

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Description: In October 2007, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft imaged the dwarf planet Makemake, from a distance of 52 au (7.8 billion km, 4.8 billion mi). At the time, the object was visible at apparent magnitude +17.5 from the position of the spacecraft, in the direction of the constellation Ursa Major.
Title: Makemake New Horizons
Credit: NASA New Horizons images of Makemake, processed by myself from the raw data, available at https://tools.pds-rings.seti.org/opus/#/target=Makemake&cols=opusid,instrument,planet,target,time1,observationduration&widgets=target&order=time1,opusid&view=browse&browse=gallery&cart_browse=gallery&startobs=1&cart_startobs=1&detail=
Author: NASA, JHUAPL, SwRI, Daniel Bamberger
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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Makemake (dwarf planet)

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