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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Zhinyu on Moon

Zhinyu

Feature Name	Zhinyu
Clean Name	Zhinyu
Feature ID	15782
Target	Moon
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Control Network	LOLA 2011
Northernmost Latitude	-45.27 °
Southernmost Latitude	-45.40 °
Easternmost Longitude	176.24 °
Westernmost Longitude	176.06 °
Diameter	3.80 km
Center Latitude	-45.34 °
Center Longitude	176.15 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((176.04464721682 -45.351047515871, 176.04602050784 -45.32632827759, 176.05700683596 -45.309162139895, 176.07691955569 -45.29474258423, 176.09957885745 -45.286502838137, 176.12498474124 -45.283756256105, 176.1483306885 -45.285129547121, 176.17167663577 -45.289936065676, 176.19639587405 -45.301609039309, 176.21562194827 -45.319461822512, 176.22592163089 -45.337314605715, 176.22317504886 -45.359287261965, 176.21287536624 -45.373706817629, 176.20188903811 -45.384693145754, 176.18540954593 -45.397739410402, 176.16824340823 -45.406665802004, 176.1483306885 -45.408725738527, 176.12910461429 -45.410785675051, 176.10644531253 -45.410099029543, 176.09065246585 -45.403232574465, 176.06799316409 -45.391559600832, 176.05014038089 -45.377826690676, 176.04464721682 -45.351047515871))
Continent	Asia
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	China
Quad	LAC-119 [pdf]
Reference	[499] - XinhuaNet: China Focus: Love in the air as Chinese celebrate Qixi; http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/17/c_137398325.htm
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Feb 04, 2019
Origin	Constellation name in the ancient Chinese star map, and the name of the fairy in the Chinese folk tale “The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.”
Last Updated	Feb 04, 2019 5:47 PM
Additional Information	Zhinyu is an alternative form of Zhinü in Chinese pinyin (or Chinese phonetic alphabet) for the convenience of romanization. “The Chinese phonetic alphabet spelling rules for Chinese names”, a Chinese national standard published in 2011 (This standard has a Chinese and English title, but the content is in Chinese), regulates that the character “ü” can be replaced by “yu” in some occasion, such as passport, foreign language files, etc. So the spelling of “Zhinyu” is more official or modern for western people, and the spelling of “Zhinü” is more original and widely-used for Chinese people. The Chang'e-4 mission team requested the spelling "Zhinyu".

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