Location | Pluto |
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Coordinates | 15°S 150°W / 15°S 150°W |
Eponym | Krun |
Krun is the westernmost of the " Brass Knuckles", a series of equatorial dark regions on Pluto. It is named after Krun, the greatest of the five Mandaean lords of the underworld. [2] [3] [4]
Krun is the third largest equatorial dark region on Pluto, after the Belton Regio and the Balrog Macula. It extends nearly to 180 degrees longitude, the Plutonian longitude opposite Charon.