Meng-pʽo Macula

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Meng-pʽo Macula
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The Brass Knuckles chain of equatorial dark regions on Pluto
LocationPluto
Coordinates10°S 0°W / 10°S -0°E / -10; -0Coordinates: 10°S 0°W / 10°S -0°E / -10; -0
EponymMeng Po

Meng-pʽo is the easternmost of the "Brass Knuckles", a series of equatorial dark regions on Pluto. Meng-pʽo straddles the zero meridian, directly under Pluto's tidally locked moon Charon and just west of the tail of the "Whale", Cthulhu Macula. It is named after Meng Po [mə̂ŋpʰwǒ], the Chinese underworld deity of forgetfulness.[1][2]

Cthulhu and Knuckles. Meng-pʽo is the small region split across the left and right edges of the map.

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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