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Hegu
Crater (2.2 km) — Constellation name in the ancient Chinese star map, which contains the star Altair, also known as Niulang, the cowherd who marries Zhinyu in the Chinese folk tale “The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.”
- Coordinates
- -46.3, 177.57 (positive-east)
- Descriptor
- Crater
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Feature type code
- AA
- Diameter km
- 2.2
- Etymology
- Constellation name in the ancient Chinese star map, which contains the star Altair, also known as Niulang, the cowherd who marries Zhinyu in the Chinese folk tale “The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.”
- Iau approval status
- Adopted by IAU
- Iau approval year
- 2019
- Iau reference
- http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15783
- Clean name
- Hegu
- Ethnicity
- China
- Continent
- Asia
- Quad
- LAC-119