Feature Name | Marimba |
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Clean Name | Marimba |
Feature ID | 16260 |
Target | Dimorphos |
Feature Type | Crater, craters |
Coordinate System | Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360 |
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Diameter | 0.00 km |
Center Latitude | -12.00 ° |
Center Longitude | 271.20 ° |
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Quad | - |
Approval Status | Adopted by IAU |
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Approval Date | Nov 14, 2023 |
Continent | South and Central America |
Ethnicity | Guatemala |
Origin | 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. |
Reference | [773] - Music: The Definitive Visual History: Dorling Kindersley, London, 2013. ISBN-10: 0744058341 ISBN-13: 978-0744058345 |
Updated | Nov 14, 2023 10:03 PM |