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| Feature Name | Cashel Saxum |
|---|---|
| Clean Name | Cashel Saxum |
| Feature ID | 16428 |
| Target | Donaldjohanson |
| Feature Type | Saxum, saxa |
| Coordinate System | Planetocentric, +West, 0 - 360 |
|---|---|
| Northmost Latitude | |
| Southmost Latitude | |
| Eastmost Longitude | |
| Westmost Longitude | |
| Diameter | 0.08 km |
| Center Latitude | 28.40 ° |
| Center Longitude | 51.80 ° |
| WKT String | |
| Quad | - |
| Approval Status | Adopted by IAU |
|---|---|
| Approval Date | Aug 27, 2025 |
| Continent | Europe |
| Ethnicity | Ireland |
| Origin | Cashel, town in County Laois, Ireland, near which the preserved body of a young adult male, Cashel Man, was found in a bog; one of the oldest known “bog bodies” in Europe and dates to ~2000 BCE. |
| Reference | [903] - Kelly, E. P. 2012, The bog body from Cashel Bog, Co. Laois. Ossory, Laois and Leinster, vol. 5, 1-18. |
| Updated | Nov 18, 2025 7:12 PM |
| Additional Information | Planetocentric R value 2.224 km is the radial distance from the coordinate system origin. |
