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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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