27 August 2020
To facilitate scientific research and science popularization, the Chinese Astronomical Society (CAS) invited experts to translate the Mars terrain terms issued by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) into Mandarin. The translations were reviewed and approved by a special committee for astronomical terms affiliated to the CAS and the China National Committee for Terms in Sciences and Technologies.
After the Chinese Astronomical Society (CAS) released the Chinese names of 811 Mars terrain features already by the end of July, the translations of 1,136 Mars craters were added to the glossary of Astronomical Terms, users can find on the website of the National Astronomical Data Centre.
The landing area of Tianwen 1 - Utopia Planitia - would read in Mandarin: 乌托邦平原
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