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Gonggong
Dwarf planet · Dwarf planet in the scattered-disc
About Gonggong
On 2026-01-01, the date the map shows, Gonggong was 89.7 AU from the Sun; sunlight takes 12.4 hours to reach it.
It goes round the Sun once every 547.0 years, at an average distance of 66.887 AU.
It is about 1,230 km across.
The map lists it as a dwarf planet and shows it in the Solar System part of the map, drawn on the plane of Earth’s orbit (the ecliptic).
Key numbers
| Semi-major axis | 66.887 AU |
|---|---|
| Orbital period | 547.0 years |
| Eccentricity | 0.5034 |
| Inclination | 30.87° |
| Radius | 615.0 km |
| Distance from the Sun | 89.7 AU |
Where it is
Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Solar System › Orion–Cygnus Arm (Local Arm) › Milky Way › Local Group › Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.
Zoom out to see it in context: Heliopause and Voyagers, a view about 400 AU across.
From Wikipedia
Gonggong is a dwarf planet and a member of the scattered disc beyond Neptune. It has a highly eccentric and inclined orbit during which it ranges from 33–101 astronomical units from the Sun. As of 2026, its distance from the Sun is 89.7 AU, and it is the sixth-farthest known Solar System object.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Gonggong (dwarf planet), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.