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Beyond Jupiter, The World of Distant Minor Planets: Makemake

JOA 2018, Vol. 8, No. 4, Page 11

Author(s): Christoph Bittner

Abstract: Since 2016 JOA publishes portraits of objects beyond Jupiter's orbit. This short communication on the main Kuiper belt object Makemake covers the discovery, its properties and the role stellar occultations have played in the exploration of Makemake in the past and future.