Vucub-Came Macula Explained

Vucub-Came Macula
Coordinates:	-10°N -40°W
Discoverer:	New Horizons
Type:	Dark region
Eponym:	Wuquub' Kameh

Vucub-Came Macula is one of the "Brass Knuckles", a series of equatorial dark regions on Pluto. It is named after Wuquub' Kameh in Mayan languages pronounced as /ʋuˈqʰuːɓ̥ kʰəˈmeh/ "Seven Death", one of the Quiché death gods in the Popol Vuh.^{[1] [2]}

Vucub-Came Macula is the fourth-largest dark spot on Pluto. Its surface is covered with tholins which give Vucub-Came its brown color. The dark spot is surrounded with tall uplands. Extensive fault systems in this area have formed deep canyons running roughly north–south.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chang. Kenneth. NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Completes Flyby of Pluto. The New York Times. 14 July 2015. 14 July 2015.
2. Web site: Rogers. Adam. The New, Nerdy Mythology of Pluto's Place Names. Wired. 14 July 2015. 14 July 2015.
3. Web site: Keeter . Bill . Secrets Revealed from Pluto's 'Twilight Zone' . 2 June 2016 . 30 August 2016 . . 18 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161018194425/http://www.nasa.gov/feature/secrets-revealed-from-pluto-s-twilight-zone/ . dead .