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Lakes and Seas on Titan

Published on 14 Mar 2007 at 1:33 am. No Comments.
Filed under Astronomy, Exploration, Titan.

The Cassini probe, currently in orbit around Saturn, has obtained radar images of large lakes or seas of liquid near the north pole of Saturn’s largest moon Titan.  It has long been suspected that there was liquid methane and ethane on Titan’s surface that evaporated replenishing Titan’s atmosphere.  These images provide the best evidence to […]

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