Saxa on Ryugu
3 named features carry the IAU descriptor Saxum — a boulder or rock on Ryugu. Nowhere else in the mapped Solar System carries the term.
Named
3
of 13 named places on Ryugu — 23%
Largest
0.2 km
Otohime Saxum
Median size
0.1 km
Across the 3 with a measured diameter
Named between
2018–2018
IAU approval dates
How saxa on Ryugu get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 3 saxa with a recorded origin, 2 categories appear, led by Japan.
Japan2United States1
All 3 saxa on Ryugu
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.