Globe · Lunar Compendium
■ Measured / ComputedTianjin
Crater (3.9 km) — Constellation name in the ancient Chinese star map; means “celestial ford” or “Galaxy’s ferry.”
- Coordinates
- -44.93, 178.81 (positive-east)
- Descriptor
- Crater
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Feature type code
- AA
- Diameter km
- 3.9
- Etymology
- Constellation name in the ancient Chinese star map; means “celestial ford” or “Galaxy’s ferry.”
- Iau approval status
- Adopted by IAU
- Iau approval year
- 2019
- Iau reference
- http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15784
- Clean name
- Tianjin
- Ethnicity
- China
- Continent
- Asia
- Quad
- LAC-120
Primary source