136472 Makemake

{{Infobox planet | minorplanet = yes | background = Lavender | name = Makemake | symbol = 24px|🝼 (mostly astrological) | image = Makemake and its moon.jpg | caption = Low-resolution image of Makemake and its unnamed moon S/2015 (136472) 1 by the Hubble Space Telescope, April 2015 | image_alt = A photograph of Makemake and its unnamed moon taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on April 27, 2015. Both Makemake and its moon appear as white dots against a black background. | discovery_ref = | discoverer = | discovery_site = Palomar Observatory | discovered = March 31, 2005 | mpc_name = (136472) Makemake | pronounced = , or | alt_names = (provisional designation)"Easterbunny" (former nickname)K05331A (codename) | adjectives = Makemakean | named_after = Makemake | mp_category = | orbit_ref = | barycentric = yes | epoch = November 21, 2025(JD 2461000.5) | uncertainty = 1 | observation_arc = 70.53 yr (25,760 d) | earliest_precovery_date = January 29, 1955 | aphelion = | perihelion = | time_periastron = 17 November 2186 | semimajor = | eccentricity = 0.1604 | period = 306.70 yr (112,022 d) | mean_anomaly = | mean_motion = / day | inclination = | asc_node = | arg_peri = | satellites = 1 (S/2015 (136472) 1) | dimensions = () × () | mean_radius = | flattening = 0.0098{{efn|name=flattening|Calculated using \frac{(a-b)}{a} and the dimensions from Brown (2013).}} | surface_area = | volume = | mass = | density = | surface_grav = m/s2 | escape_velocity = km/s | sidereal_day = | axial_tilt = | albedo = | single_temperature = | spectral_type = | abs_magnitude = | magnitude = 17.0 (opposition) | angular_size = milli-arcsec }}

Makemake (minor-planet designation: 136472 Makemake) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a disk of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the fourth largest trans-Neptunian object and the largest member of the classical Kuiper belt, having a diameter 60% that of Pluto. It was discovered on March 31, 2005 by American astronomers Michael E. ("Mike") Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David Rabinowitz at Palomar Observatory. As one of the largest objects found by this team, the discovery of Makemake contributed to the reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006.