Hun-Came Macula

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; -20Coordinates: 10°S 20°W / 10°S 20°W / -10; -20
Eponym Jun Kameh

Hun-Came[note 1] 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.[1][2]

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

Notes

  1. English pronunciation approximately /ˈhʊn kəˈm/

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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