Dictionary

Gonggong en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• go͝ong′go͝ong′
• /ˈɡɔŋ(ˈ)ɡɔŋ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 共工 (Gònggōng) (or 龔工／龚工 (Gōnggōng)), the name of the mythological figure.

Meanings

1. (Chinese) A water god or monster who terrorized prehistoric China.
   • 在古老的中國神話中，水神共工看到火神祝融教導人類用火，受人們廣泛崇拜，不禁心生嫉妒，遂與火神交戰。共工遭到打敗後，深感挫敗，便一頭撞上支撐天庭的柱子，導致天柱崩塌，天庭破洞，引發豪雨和洪水。 2019 March 2, Chang Ho-ming [章厚明], “The Hakka and the day the sky broke [新埔花燈迎天穿 客家年節完美句點]”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2019, Bilingual Pages, page 14:
2. (qualifier:Astronomy) A dwarf planet orbiting in the scattered disc. Its moon is Xiangliu.
   • The first choice listed is Gonggong, a Chinese water god with red hair and the tail of a serpent. 2019 April 12, en, “Should That Minor Planet Be Named Gonggong? Astronomers Want the Public’s Help”, in The New York Times (Science section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2019:
   • Recent astronomical observations revealed that (225088) Gonggong, a 1000 km sized trans-Neptunian dwarf planet, hosts an eccentric satellite, Xiangliu, with an eccentricity of approximately 0.3. 2021, Sota Arakawa, Ryuki Hyodo, Daigo Shoji, Hidenori Genda, “Tidal Evolution of the Eccentric Moon around Dwarf Planet (225088) Gonggong”, in The Astronomical Journal, volume 162, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2022:

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Synonyms

🝽 (celestial body) · Kanghui

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