There are a number of objects in the solar system that have been named after Chinese people or places. Many of these are craters on the terrestrial planets but asteroids and exoplanets have also received Chinese names.
Moon
- Cai Lun (crater)
- Bi Sheng (crater)
- Zhang Yuzhe (crater)
Mercury
Venus
- Ban Zhao crater
Mars
- Cangwu crater
- Daan
- Dunhuang
- Hsūanch'eng
- Kalpin
- Linpu
- Liu Hsin (crater)
- Pinglo
- Soochow
- Suzhi (crater)
- Xainza
- Zhigou
Asteroids
951 Gaspra
- Tang-Shan crater
Exoplanets
See also
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