Mordor Macula

Translingual

Etymology

From English Mordor (a fictional region of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth) +‎ Latin macula (“stain”). Coined by the New Horizons research team at NASA.

Proper noun

Mordor Macula

  1. (planetology, astronomy) A relatively dark albedo feature in the Oz Terra region of Charon, the primary moon of the dwarf planet Pluto.
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