Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
Planetary Names: Saxum, saxa: Thorondor Saxum on Bennu

Thorondor Saxum

Feature Name Thorondor Saxum
Clean Name Thorondor Saxum
Feature ID 15905
Target Bennu
Feature Type Saxum, saxa
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude -44.36 °
Southernmost Latitude -51.51 °
Easternmost Longitude 55.64 °
Westernmost Longitude 34.56 °
Diameter 0.06 km
Center Latitude -47.94 °
Center Longitude 45.10 °
Continent Europe
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country
England
Quad -
Reference [568] - The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1954.
Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 26, 2020
Origin King of the Eagles in the Middle-earth, the fictional setting in fantasy novels by English author J.R.R. Tolkien, the greatest of all eagles, with a wingspan of 55 m (approximately as this boulder).
Last Updated Mar 27, 2020 12:11 PM

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