Tuesday, July 25, 2006

"Evidence of Hydrocarbon Lakes on Titan"

It's looking like Cassini has found evidence of great big lakes. But don't expect to ski on them.

From Space.com:

The cluster of lakes was spotted near Titan's frigid north pole during a weekend flyby by the international Cassini spacecraft, which flew within 590 miles of the moon.

Researchers counted about a dozen lakes six to 62 miles wide. Some, which appeared as dark patches in radar images, were connected by channels, while others had tributaries flowing into them. Several were dried up, but the ones that contained liquid were most likely a mix of methane and ethane.

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