Astronomy:Meng-p'o Macula
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 The Brass Knuckles chain of equatorial dark regions on Pluto | |
| Location | Pluto |
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| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 10°S 0°W / 10°S 0°W |
| Eponym | Meng Po |
Meng-p'o is the easternmost of the "Brass Knuckles", a series of equatorial dark regions on Pluto. Meng-p'o 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]
References
- ↑ Chang, Kenneth (14 July 2015). "NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Completes Flyby of Pluto". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/science/space/nasa-new-horizons-spacecraft-reaches-pluto.html. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ↑ Rogers, Adam (14 July 2015). "The New, Nerdy Mythology of Pluto's Place Names". Wired. https://www.wired.com/2015/07/new-nerdy-mythology-plutos-place-names/. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
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