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Zhinyu

Crater (3.8 km) — 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.”

Coordinates
-45.34, 176.15 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
3.8
Etymology
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.”
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
2019
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15782
Clean name
Zhinyu
Ethnicity
China
Continent
Asia
Quad
LAC-119

Primary source