此后月球上真有了“广寒宫”! 嫦娥三号着陆区获命名!

The International Astronomic Union on Monday approved China's naming of four geographic entities on the moon. "Guanghan Gong," "Zi Wei," "Tian Shi" and "Tai Wei" will be used in official celestial maps to refer to part of the moon where China's Chang'e 3 lunar probe landed.

国际天文学联合会周一正式批准了我国嫦娥三号着陆区4项月球地理实体命名，分别是广寒宫、紫微、天市和太微，这些名称可以在官方的天体地图中使用。

The area on the moon within a 77-meter radius around Chang'e 3's landing point is named "Guanghan Gong," or Guanghan Palace, after a moon palace in Chinese legend inhabited by the goddess of the moon - Chang'e and her rabbit, Yutu. "Zi Wei," "Tian Shi" and "Tai Wei" are three major impact craters adjacent to the landing site.

其中，"广寒宫"是嫦娥三号月球着陆点周边方圆77米区域，取自中国神话中"嫦娥和玉兔居住的宫殿"。而"紫微"、"天市"和"太微"，则是紧邻"广寒宫"的三个较大的撞击坑。

In Chinese mythology, Chang'e is the goddess of the moon while "Guang Han Gong" is the palace that houses Chang'e and her pet Yutu (Jade Rabbit).

在中国传说故事中，嫦娥是居住在月亮上的神仙，而广寒宫则是嫦娥和她的宠物玉兔住的宫殿。

In November 2010, three impact craters discovered by China's Chang'e 1 lunar probe were officially named after Chinese scientists Cai Lun, Bi Sheng and Zhang Yuzhe.

此前，嫦娥一号发现的3个撞击坑于2010年11月被正式命名为"蔡伦"、"毕昇"和"张钰哲"。

A total of 22 lunar features have been given Chinese names. The first crater was named Zu Chongzhi after a famous Chinese mathematician in 1961.

截止目前为止，共计有22个与月球相关的事物已经以中国人的名字命名。在1961年，第一个环形山就是以著名中国数学家祖冲之的名字命名的。