Carillon Saxum (Didymos)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Saxum, saxa
- IAU definition
Boulder or rock
- Diameter
- 0.1 km, 26 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 59° S, 311.7° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- November 14, 2023
- Origin of the name
Belgium, Netherlands, France; a percussion instrument of at least 23 cast bronze bells in fixed suspension.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Carillon 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 Carillon 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/16265
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms