Ala Macula

Ala Macula

The Brass Knuckles chain of equatorial dark regions on Pluto
Location	Pluto
Coordinates	15°S 120°W / 15°S 120°WCoordinates: 15°S 120°W / 15°S 120°W
Eponym	Ala

Ala^{[note 1]} is the smallest of the "Brass Knuckles", a series of equatorial dark regions on Pluto. It is named after Ala [àlà] "earth", the chthonic and most important deity of the Igbo people.^[1][2]

Cthulhu and the "Knuckles". Ala is the small region just east of center, southeast of the eastern lobe of the bright Tombaugh Regio.

Notes

1. English pronunciation approximately /ˈælə/

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.