Ala Macula
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The Brass Knuckles chain of equatorial dark regions on Pluto
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| Location | Pluto |
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| 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]
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Cthulhu and the "Knuckles". Ala is the small region just east of center, southeast of the eastern lobe of the bright Tombaugh Regio.
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