dwarf planet Gonggong (candidate)

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Dwarf planet Gonggong (candidate) is a distant, icy trans-Neptunian object in the outer Solar System, notable for its large size, highly eccentric orbit, and status as a strong candidate for dwarf planet classification.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
dwarf planet Gonggong (candidate) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf planet candidate ⓘ
icy body ⓘ
trans-Neptunian object ⓘ
belongsTo Solar System ⓘ
discoveredAt Palomar Observatory ⓘ
discoveredBy Chadwick A. Trujillo ⓘ
linked to: Chad Trujillo

David L. Rabinowitz ⓘ
Scott S. Sheppard ⓘ
discoveryDate 2007-07-17 ⓘ
hasAlbedo low to moderate ⓘ
hasAphelionDistance about 101 AU ⓘ
hasDiameter about 1200 km ⓘ
hasHighlyEccentricOrbit true ⓘ
hasMass on the order of 10^21 kg ⓘ
hasMinorPlanetNumber 225088 ⓘ
hasMoon Xiangliu ⓘ
hasObservationArc multiple years ⓘ
hasOfficialName Gonggong ⓘ
hasOrbitalClass scattered disc ⓘ
hasOrbitalInclination about 30 degrees ⓘ
hasOrbitalPeriod about 554 years ⓘ
hasOrbitalRegion trans-Neptunian region ⓘ
linked to: outer Solar System
hasPerihelionDistance about 33 AU ⓘ
hasProvisionalDesignation 2007 OR10 ⓘ
hasRotationPeriod about 22 hours ⓘ
hasSatellite Xiangliu ⓘ
hasSemiMajorAxis about 67 AU ⓘ
hasShape approximately spherical ⓘ
hasSpectralType red TNO spectrum ⓘ
hasSurfaceColor very red ⓘ
hasSurfaceComposition methanol ice ⓘ
water ice ⓘ
hasSurfaceTemperature very low ⓘ
isDistantObject true ⓘ
isDwarfPlanetCandidate true ⓘ
isIcyBody true ⓘ
isInResonanceCandidate possible 3:10 resonance with Neptune ⓘ
isLargeForTNO true ⓘ
isOneOfLargestTNOs true ⓘ
locatedIn Kuiper belt region ⓘ
linked to: Kuiper Belt

outer Solar System ⓘ
namedAfter Gonggong (Chinese water god) ⓘ
orbits Sun ⓘ
wasPreviouslyDesignated 2007 OR10 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kuiper Belt → contains → dwarf planet Gonggong (candidate) ⓘ