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 kəˈmeɪ/

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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