Gonggong (dwarf planet)
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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 202
Low-resolution Hubble Space Telescope image of Gonggong and its moon Xiangliu (Pointed at by arrow), 2010.
Gonggong was discovered using the Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory
Hubble images of Gonggong and Xiangliu, taken in 2009 and 2010 with the Wide Field Camera 3
Ceres RC3 Haulani Crater
Scattered disc
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The scattered disc is a distant circumstellar disc in the Solar System that is sparsely populated by icy small Solar System bodies, which are a subset of the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects.
Eris (center), the largest known scattered-disc object, and its moon Dysnomia (left of Eris)
Tempel 1, a Jupiter-family comet
Pluto in True Color High Res