S&T Watch-17 : "Easterbunny" becomes "Makemake"

"Easterbunny," a red, methane-covered dwarf planet orbiting the sun beyond Neptune, was designated as the third plutoid in our solar system and rechristened "Makemake." - Claire Gutierrez

Courtesy: Harper's Weekly, Weekly News, July 22, 2008.

Article on "Makemake" from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easterbunny

Grateful thanks to Claire Gutierrez, Harper's Weekly and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.