Meet Gonggong, the first major body in the solar system with a Chinese name - CNET

Our solar system is made up of the sun, the eight known planets and the dozens of moons that circle those planets.

Well, that's officially changed as the previously largest unnamed body in the solar system is now officially Gonggong, named for a Chinese water god with the head of a human and the body of a snake!

The pair make up the first major solar system bodies to have Chinese names, according to astrophysicist Simon Porter.

The dwarf planet 2007 OR10 is officially Gonggong (龚工).

It's the first major solar system body with a Chinese name.