Otohime Saxum (Ryugu)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Saxum, saxa
- IAU definition
Boulder or rock
- Diameter
- 0.2 km, 45 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 69.8° S, 274.4° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- December 19, 2018
- Origin of the name
Otohime Sama; princess in Japanese fairy tale, sea mistress, who welcomed fisherman Urashima Taro in undersea Ryugu Palace and gave him a parting gift, a jewel box whose lid he was told never to open.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Otohime 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 Otohime 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/15799
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms