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Hun-Came Macula

The Brass Knuckles chain of equatorial dark regions on Pluto
Location	Pluto
Coordinates	10°S 20°W / 10°S 20°W / -10; -20
Eponym	Jun Kameh

Hun-Came Macula is one of the "Brass Knuckles", a series of equatorial dark regions on Pluto. It is named after Jun Kameh [ˈχun kʰəˈmeh] "One Death", one of the Quiché death gods in the Popol Vuh.

References

1. Chang, Kenneth (14 July 2015). "NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Completes Flyby of Pluto". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
2. Rogers, Adam (14 July 2015). "The New, Nerdy Mythology of Pluto's Place Names". Wired. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

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