Kolobok (Ryugu)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Crater, craters
- IAU definition
A circular depression
- Diameter
- 0.2 km, 45 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 1.5° S, 333.5° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- December 19, 2018
- Origin of the name
Small ball-like bun, which ran away from home and rolled on the road, singing his tricky song; protagonist of a Russian fairy tale.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Kolobok.
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 Kolobok.
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/15788
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms