Afar Lobus (Donaldjohanson)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Lobus, lobi
- IAU definition
One of two lobes of a contact binary asteroid
- Diameter
- 3.4 km, 175 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 0° N, 360° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- August 27, 2025
- Origin of the name
Afar Triangle (Ethiopia), site of many important fossil finds.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Afar Lobus.
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 Afar Lobus.
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/16419
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms
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