Feature Name | Gong Saxum |
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Clean Name | Gong Saxum |
Feature ID | 16266 |
Target | Didymos |
Feature Type | Saxum, saxa |
Coordinate System | Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360 |
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Diameter | 0.00 km |
Center Latitude | 58.00 ° |
Center Longitude | 1.90 ° |
WKT String | |
Quad | - |
Approval Status | Adopted by IAU |
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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 | Dec 15, 2023 7:56 PM |
Additional Information | Gong Saxum defines 1.9E longitude to be the prime meridian anchor for the Didymos longitude system. |