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Feature ID	Feature Name	Clean Feature Name	Target	Diameter	Center Latitude	Center Longitude	Northernmost Latitude	Southernmost Latitude	Easternmost Longitude	Westernmost Longitude	Coordinate System	Continent	Ethnicity	Feature Type	Feature Type Code	Quad	Approval Status	Approval Date	Reference	Origin	Additional Info	Last Updated
16158	Atabaque Saxum	Atabaque Saxum	Dimorphos	0.01	-10.60	263.20	-	-	-	-	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	South and Central America	Brazil	Saxum, saxa	SA	-	Approved	Jan 25, 2023	[704]	Afro-Brazilian one-headed barrel-shaped drum.		Jan 25, 2023
16259	Bala	Bala	Dimorphos	0.01	-24.70	263.70	-	-	-	-	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Africa	Guinea	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Nov 14, 2023	[772]	West African gourd-resonated xylophone (Guinea, Senegal, Mali).		Nov 14, 2023
16159	Bodhran Saxum	Bodhran Saxum	Dimorphos	0.01	-7.00	264.50	-	-	-	-	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	Ireland	Saxum, saxa	SA	-	Approved	Jan 25, 2023	[705]	An Irish frame drum with a single membrane.		Jan 25, 2023
16261	Bongo	Bongo	Dimorphos	0.00	8.80	254.20	-	-	-	-	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	Cuba	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Nov 14, 2023	[773]	Afro-Cuban; a pair of open bottomed drums played with both hands.		Nov 14, 2023
16160	Caccavella Saxum	Caccavella Saxum	Dimorphos	0.00	-8.20	262.10	-	-	-	-	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	Italy	Saxum, saxa	SA	-	Approved	Jan 25, 2023	[704]	Italian friction drum.		Jan 26, 2023
16161	Dhol Saxum	Dhol Saxum	Dimorphos	0.01	6.00	193.00	-	-	-	-	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	India	Saxum, saxa	SA	-	Approved	Jan 25, 2023	[704]	Indian double-headed string-tensioned conical drum.		Jan 26, 2023
16260	Marimba	Marimba	Dimorphos	0.00	-12.00	271.20	-	-	-	-	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	South and Central America	Guatemala	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Nov 14, 2023	[773]	Percussion musical instrument popular in Guatemala and other Central and NW South American countries; wooden bars with pipe or gourd resonators, struck by yarn wrapped or rubber mallets. Originally developed in Africa. Marimba was proclaimed the national instrument of Guatemala in its independence proclamation.		Nov 14, 2023
16262	Msondo	Msondo	Dimorphos	0.01	-17.20	275.10	-	-	-	-	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Africa	Tanzania	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Nov 14, 2023	[774]	Tanzania; tall cylindrically shaped drum for important rituals, which “drives” the dance.		Nov 14, 2023
16263	Naqqara	Naqqara	Dimorphos	0.01	-26.90	230.80	-	-	-	-	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Iraq	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Nov 14, 2023	[775]	Drum of the Near and Middle East (Iraq, Iran, Turkey), and India; pair of clay or metal kettle drums of various sizes played with curved beaters.		Nov 14, 2023
16162	Pūniu Saxum	Puniu Saxum	Dimorphos	0.00	-2.60	239.80	-	-	-	-	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Oceania	Hawaii	Saxum, saxa	SA	-	Approved	Jan 25, 2023	[706]	Hawaiian small drum with a coconut body and a single sharkskin or fishskin head laced to the bottom.	Pūniu Saxum defines 239.8 +/- 0.2E, 2.6+/-0.1S as the prime meridian anchor feature with 0 longitude pointing to Didymos.	Jun 04, 2024
16264	Tamboril	Tamboril	Dimorphos	0.00	-24.80	271.90	-	-	-	-	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	South and Central America	Uruguay	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Nov 14, 2023	[776]	Uruguay; barrel-shaped drum used to play the Candombe music, a style created by African slaves.		Nov 14, 2023

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