Dwarf Planet
Gonggong
TypeDwarf Planet
Mass~1.75 × 10²¹ kg
Diameter1,230 km
Orbital Radius10,136 million km
Orbital Period202,100 days
Rotation Period22.4 hours
Known Moons1
Surface Gravity~0.3 m/s²
Average Temp-243 °C
AtmosphereNone
Discovered BySchwamb, Brown, Rabinowitz
Discovery Year2007
About Gonggong
One of the reddest large worlds, tinted by radiation-cooked methane compounds. Rides a long stretched orbit that currently keeps it about 88 AU away. Has a moon, Xiangliu. Named for a Chinese water dragon god.
Gonggong has 1 known moons in total.
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