Thorondor Saxum (Bennu)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Saxum, saxa
- IAU definition
Boulder or rock
- Diameter
- 0.1 km, 41 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 47.94° S, 45.1° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- March 26, 2020
- Origin of the name
King of the Eagles in the Middle-earth, the fictional setting in fantasy novels by English author J.R.R. Tolkien, the greatest of all eagles, with a wingspan of 55 m (approximately as this boulder).
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Thorondor Saxum.
Missions to its body
No observation record of this formation is crossed here. These are the missions the Planetary Data System declares for its body; none is claimed to have observed Thorondor Saxum.
Sources
International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, read on October 23, 2026. Feature page: https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15905
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms