IAU names landing site of Chinese Chang`e-4 probe on far side of the moon
(PHYSorg.com Space & Earth)

The International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name Statio Tianhe for the landing site where the Chinese spacecraft Chang`e-4 touched down on 3 January this year, in the first-ever landing on the far side of the Moon. The name Tianhe originates from the ancient Chinese name for the Milky Way, which was the sky river that separated Niulang and Zhinyu in the folk tale `The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl`.