Quick: name the three largest known objects in the Kuiper
belt. If you’ve been paying close attention you will instantly get Eris and
Pluto, and, if pressed, you will admit that no one knows which one is bigger. And
the third? An unscientific poll of people who should know the answer (my
daughter, my wife, my nephew) reveals that not a single one does.



The answer, of course, is Makemake (you