When did the naming activity of lunar geographic entities begin?

The naming activities of lunar geographical entities began in Europe at the beginning of17th century, and then moved to the United States and the Soviet Union, where there were many lunar observation and exploration activities in the 20th century.

The named lunar geographic entity itself must meet certain conditions, such as having special scientific research and application value, and its diameter or length is greater than 100 m; There are also regulations on the names to be named. For example, the impact crater is named after a famous scientist, and it must be a scientist who has died for more than 3 years. The mountain is named after the mountain on the earth. The naming should be simple and clear, which is helpful for scientific research and lunar mapping.

Previously, the geographical entity names of Chang 'e-1 and Chang 'e-3 landing zones approved by IAU in August 20 10 and June 20 15 in China were named after three circular craters in Bi Sheng, Cai Lun and Yuzhe Zhang, the "Guanghan Palace" around Fiona Fang and three nearby areas detected by Chang 'e-3 lander and Yutu lunar rover respectively.

Eight China place names were added to the surface of the moon.

According to China Aerospace News WeChat, the International Astronomical Union announced on May 24th, 20021that it approved China's application for naming eight lunar landforms near the landing site of Chang 'e V. So far, there are 35 China place names on the moon.

These eight landforms are:

Standing on the sky means a ship sailing in the Milky Way.

Huashan Mountain is named after Huashan Mountain in Xiyue, China.

Mengshan is named after Hengshan Mountain in Nanyue, China.

Pei Xiu was a geographer in the Western Jin Dynasty in China.

Shen Kuo was an astronomer and mathematician in Song Dynasty in China.

Liu Hui, a mathematician of Wei in the Three Kingdoms period.

Song Yingxing, a scientist in China in the late Ming Dynasty, is known as "China17th century craft encyclopedia".

Xu Guanqi was an agronomist, astronomer and mathematician in Ming Dynasty in China.

Refer to the above? Phoenix. Eight China place names were added to the surface of the moon.