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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Tianjin on Moon

Tianjin

Feature Name	Tianjin
Clean Name	Tianjin
Feature ID	15784
Target	Moon
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Control Network	LOLA 2011
Northernmost Latitude	-44.86 °
Southernmost Latitude	-44.99 °
Easternmost Longitude	178.90 °
Westernmost Longitude	178.71 °
Diameter	3.90 km
Center Latitude	-44.93 °
Center Longitude	178.81 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((178.70512390138 -44.937343597412, 178.71061706545 -44.898891448975, 178.74357604982 -44.879665374756, 178.77928161623 -44.876918792725, 178.82460021974 -44.882411956787, 178.86579895021 -44.896144866944, 178.89326477052 -44.933223724365, 178.88365173341 -44.967555999756, 178.84519958498 -44.984035491944, 178.80949401857 -45.01012802124, 178.76966857912 -44.999141693115, 178.73808288576 -44.98815536499, 178.71061706545 -44.963436126709, 178.70512390138 -44.937343597412))
Continent	Asia
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	China
Quad	LAC-120 [pdf]
Reference	[500] - The Chinese Sky During the Han: Constellating Stars and Society, by Xiaochun Sun and Jacob Kistemaker: Brill, 1997.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Feb 04, 2019
Origin	Constellation name in the ancient Chinese star map; means “celestial ford” or “Galaxy’s ferry.”
Last Updated	Feb 04, 2019 6:11 PM

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