NASA Image of the Day 31 December 2022: Moon over Makemake!
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NASA Image of the Day today is a mesmerizing snapshot of the second brightest dwarf planet of the Kuiper belt, Makemake with its moon.
You would be surprised to know that Makemake holds an important place in the history of solar system studies. Reason? Makemake, along with Eris, was one of the objects whose discovery prompted the International Astronomical Union to reconsider the definition of a planet and prompted the creation of a new group of dwarf planets. The Kuiper Belt, a donut-shaped region of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune, is the residence of this dwarf planet Makemake. Makemake is the second-brightest object in the Kuiper Belt as seen from Earth, while Pluto is the brightest.NASA's Image of the Day is none other than the mesmerizing image of the Makemake alon...