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Planetary Names: Saxum, saxa: Atabaque Saxum on Dimorphos

Atabaque Saxum

Feature Name Atabaque Saxum
Clean Name Atabaque Saxum
Feature ID 16158
Target Dimorphos
Feature Type Saxum, saxa
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude
Southernmost Latitude
Easternmost Longitude
Westernmost Longitude
Diameter 0.01 km
Center Latitude -10.60 °
Center Longitude 263.20 °
Continent South and Central America
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country		 Brazil
Quad -
Reference [704] - Encyclopedia of Percussion, by John H. Beck, 2nd edition, Routledge Publishers, 2013. ISBN-10: ‎ 1138013072; ISBN-13: 978-1138013070
Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 25, 2023
Origin Afro-Brazilian one-headed barrel-shaped drum.
Last Updated Jan 25, 2023 11:43 PM
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