Vucub-Came Macula

{{Short description|Equatorial dark region on Pluto}}

{{Infobox feature on celestial object

|name = Vucub-Came Macula

|image = File:Pluto-BrassKnuckles-20150716.jpg

|caption = The Brass Knuckles chain of equatorial dark regions on Pluto

|location = Pluto

|coordinates= {{coord|10|S|40|W|globe:pluto_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

|peak =

|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 {{IPA|myn|ʋuˈqʰuːɓ̥ kʰəˈmeh|}} "Seven Death", one of the Quiché death gods in the Popol Vuh.{{cite web|last1=Chang|first1=Kenneth|title=NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Completes Flyby of Pluto|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/science/space/nasa-new-horizons-spacecraft-reaches-pluto.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=14 July 2015|date=14 July 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Rogers|first1=Adam|title=The New, Nerdy Mythology of Pluto's Place Names|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/07/new-nerdy-mythology-plutos-place-names/|publisher=Wired|access-date=14 July 2015|date=14 July 2015}}

File:PlutoMapFeatures-Updated-20150727a.jpg and the "Knuckles". Vucub-Came is a small region at the right, just west of Hun-Came.]]

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.{{Cite web |last=Keeter |first=Bill |title=Secrets Revealed from Pluto's 'Twilight Zone' |url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/secrets-revealed-from-pluto-s-twilight-zone |date=2 June 2016 |access-date=30 August 2016 |publisher=NASA |archive-date=18 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018194425/http://www.nasa.gov/feature/secrets-revealed-from-pluto-s-twilight-zone/ |url-status=dead }}