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(Redirected from Meng-pʻo Macula) Equatorial dark region on Pluto
Meng-pʻo Macula
The Brass Knuckles chain of equatorial dark regions on Pluto
LocationPluto
Coordinates10°S 0°W / 10°S -0°E / -10; -0
EponymMeng Po

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

Cthulhu and Knuckles. Meng-pʻo 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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