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Eight Names Approved for the Moon
24 May 2021
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved eight names for features on the Moon in the vicinity of the Chang'e-5 landing site:
Mons Hua
,
Mons Heng
,
Pei Xiu
,
Shen Kuo
,
Liu Hui
,
Song Yingxing
,
Statio Tianchuan
, and
Xu Guangqi
. For more information, please see the
LAC-23 map
in the
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
.
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