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Five Names Approved for Dimorphos
26 January 2023
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the first names for features on the asteroid Dimorphos:
Atabaque Saxum
,
Bodhran Saxum
,
Caccavella Saxum
,
Dhol Saxum
, and
Puniu Saxum
. For more information, please see the
Dimorphos nomenclature map
in the
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
.
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