Scientists Discover Plutos Little Sister Makemake Has Its Own Moon Newsy

NASA announced Tuesday it discovered dwarf planet Makemake has its own moon. Researchers hope the finding will help shed light on Makemake s origins. Transcript: Pluto might not be a planet anymore, but at least it has some company at the edge of our solar system. In 2005, astronomers found a slightly smaller dwarf planet called Makemake in the Kuiper Belt in the outer reaches of the suns light. On Tuesday, NASA announced Makemake has a moon of its own. The moon is nicknamed MK 2, and astronomers first di br, br,