Statio

Statio Tianhe

Ancient Chinese name for the Milky Way, a sky river that separates Niulang and Zhinyu in the Chinese folk tale “The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl"; Chang’e-4 landing site.

Center: 45.4500°S, 177.6000°E
Diameter: 0.01 km
LGRS cell: 45GGQ
Full LGRS reference: 45GGQ0900222843
Chart quadrangle: Mare Ingenii
Nearest missions: Chang'e 40 km
Chang'e 6632 km
Artemis III candidate region: Slater Plain1299 km

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Name, position, and origin from the IAU/USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.