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Re:China lands Chang'e-4 on far side of Moon by scotty79 on Thursday January 03, 2019 @05:40AM (#18814192)
> with only one rabbit being her companion.

So that's why one of their rovers was called "Jade Rabbit"

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Re:China lands Chang'e-4 on far side of Moon by freeflight on Friday January 04, 2019 @09:07AM (#18824095)
The "moon rabbit" [0] is a rather popular interpretation of the Moons surface in Asian folklore.

Japanese/Korean people believe the rabbit is pounding the ingredients for rice cake.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit

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