
Mordor Macula (A spot on Pluto's moon charon) has got it's name change.
This is probably not the right sub to post it in but it's space so yeah. Also this is a repost cuz y'all thought I was a bot last time :(
Also stupid rant of a pointless naming system
The change is relatively new, February 2nd this year. It's been very under the radar from what I can tell and wikipedia didn't source anything that gives an explanation to why.
To sum it up "Mordor Macula" is unofficial but NASA uses it still cuz they still have some sense.
Also I found something on copyright here : https://www.wunc.org/2013-07-03/why-you-cant-name-new-moons-and-planets-anything-you-want
But that's stupid, cuz why wouldn't I want a place in my book be glorified in outer space. Neverland was probably chosen since the J.M. Barrie book is in the public domain.
Also there's the thing with Macula being changed to Regio. Regio means a large area with different quality then the surrounding landscape and Macula being a dark spot specifically. So in this case Macula fits, being changed to Regio is just stupid!
Also one last ranting point, the official NASA website says that "Charon names focus on the literature and mythology of exploration." Which is basically Mordor, cuz like cmon draw some parallels with the treacherous journey of a couple of hobbits in a big world working together with other creatures to reach a scary, different , and uninhabitable place to do one thing, to the journey of New Horizons. But hey! These couple of children get magic dust to simply go to the magic place which so happens to be very habitable and looks good and is just a place that looks like our world but with magic!
tl;dr: Mordor Macula is unofficial and the IAU are