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Equatorial dark region on Pluto
Hun-Came Macula
The Brass Knuckles chain of equatorial dark regions on Pluto
LocationPluto
Coordinates10°S 20°W / 10°S 20°W / -10; -20
EponymJun 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.

Cthulhu and the "Knuckles". Hun-Came is a small region at the far right, just east of Vucub-Came.

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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