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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Gong Saxum

Basic Info

Feature Name Gong Saxum
Clean Name Gong Saxum
Feature ID 16266
Target Didymos
Feature Type Saxum, saxa

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude
Southmost Latitude
Eastmost Longitude
Westmost Longitude
Diameter 0.00 km
Center Latitude 5.80 °
Center Longitude 1.90 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 14, 2023
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Indonesia
Origin Indonesian name of a percussion musical instrument popular in East and South East Asia, a circular metal disk with a definite or indefinite pitch, which is hung vertically and hit in the center by a soft beater; originated in Ancient China.
Reference [778] - Excursions in World Music, Sixth Edition, ed. by Timothy Rommen: Routledge, 2016.
Updated Nov 14, 2024 5:25 PM
Additional Information Gong Saxum defines 1.9E longitude to be the prime meridian anchor for the Didymos longitude system. November 14, 2024: correction made to center latitude value (changed from 58.0N to 5.8N).

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