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Mordor Macula


Mordor /ˈmɔːrdɔːr/ is a large dark area about 475 km in diameter near the north pole of Charon, Pluto's largest moon. It is named after the black land in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, which it strongly resembles in shape. The name is not official; the discovery team has been using the name informally and may submit it to the IAU.

It is not currently known what Mordor is. It may be frozen gases captured from Pluto's escaping atmosphere, a large impact basin, or both.



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