Catafo Saxum (Ryugu)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Saxum, saxa
- IAU definition
Boulder or rock
- Diameter
- 0.1 km, 22 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 5.5° S, 0° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- December 19, 2018
- Origin of the name
Smart boy, who marked a trail in the woods with corn meal to know the way back, from Cajun (Southern USA) fairy tale.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Catafo 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 Catafo 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/15798
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms