136472 Makemake (Dwarf planet)
From Cambridge , 136472 Makemake is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:42 (EDT), 42° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:13, 69° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:42, 30° above your western horizon.
Name
136472 Makemake
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Object type
Dwarf planet
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Computed for: | 19 April 2024 |
Right ascension: | 13h20m [1] |
Declination: | +21°54' [1] |
Constellation: | Coma Berenices |
Magnitude: | 17.08 (V) [1] |
Distance: | 51.84 AU 431.12 lightmin [1] |
Angular motion (speed): | 5.89 deg/yr[1] |
Angular motion (pos ang): | 283.5° |
Semi-major axis: | 45.31 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.165260 |
Inclination: | 29.03° |
Longitude ascending node: | 79.29° |
Argument of perihelion: | 296.34° |
Epoch of elements: | 22 December 2023 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 167.94° |
Absolute mag (H): | -0.21 [1] |
Slope parameter (G): | 0.15 [1] |
Perihelion: | 37.82 AU |
Aphelion: | 52.80 AU |
Orbital period: | 304.98 years |
All times shown in Cambridge local time.
30 Mar 2024 | – 136472 Makemake at opposition |
03 Oct 2024 | – 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction |
31 Mar 2025 | – 136472 Makemake at opposition |
04 Oct 2025 | – 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction |
01 Apr 2026 | – 136472 Makemake at opposition |
05 Oct 2026 | – 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction |
02 Apr 2027 | – 136472 Makemake at opposition |
06 Oct 2027 | – 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction |