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noun
Any of several minerals discovered by the Chang'e series of lunar landers and Yutu series of lunar rovers
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Moon
Topics: astronomy, geography, geology, natural-sciences
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History
From Chang'e + -s- + -ite. Named after Chinese goddess Chang'e (the moon goddess). Named for the Chang'e program, the Chinese lunar landers which discovered the minerals. From Mandarin Cháng'é (“ㄔㄤˊ ㄜˊ”) (Ch‘ang2-ê2), from Chinese 嫦娥 (Cháng'é).
