Roc Saxum (Bennu)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Saxum, saxa
- IAU definition
Boulder or rock
- Diameter
- 0.1 km, 41 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 23.46° S, 25.36° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- January 31, 2020
- Origin of the name
Enormous bird of prey in Arabic mythology of the Middle East.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Roc 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 Roc 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/15881
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms