Zi Wei (crater)

Zi Wei
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image of Zi Wei
PlanetMoon
Coordinates44°07′N 19°31′W / 44.12°N 19.52°W / 44.12; -19.52
Diameter0.42 km
EponymZiwei enclosure

Zi Wei is a crater on the Moon. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2015 after one of the three enclosures in an ancient Chinese star map.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Zi Wei". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 16 January 2020.


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