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Planetary Names: Landing site name: Statio Tianhe on Moon

Statio Tianhe

Feature Name	Statio Tianhe
Clean Name	Statio Tianhe
Feature ID	15781
Target	Moon
Feature Type	Landing site name
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Control Network	LOLA 2011
Northernmost Latitude	-45.45 °
Southernmost Latitude	-45.45 °
Easternmost Longitude	177.60 °
Westernmost Longitude	177.60 °
Diameter	0.01 km
Center Latitude	-45.45 °
Center Longitude	177.60 °
kml download	Statio Tianhe.kml
Continent	Asia
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	China
Quad	LAC-119 [pdf]
Reference	[498] - Encyclopedia of the History of the Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, by Helaine Selin: Springer Science & Business Media, 1997.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Feb 04, 2019
Origin	Ancient Chinese name for the Milky Way, a sky river that separates Niulang and Zhinyu in the Chinese folk tale “The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.”
Last Updated	Feb 18, 2019 11:17 AM