Ngami Lacuna

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Ngami Lacuna
PIA17470 Titan northern hemisphere.jpg
False-color near infrared view of Titan's northern hemisphere, showing its seas and lakes
Feature typeLacus
Coordinates 66°42′N213°54′W / 66.7°N 213.9°W / 66.7; -213.9 Coordinates: 66°42′N213°54′W / 66.7°N 213.9°W / 66.7; -213.9
Diameter37.2

Ngami Lacuna is a feature on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, believed to be a currently dry bed of an intermittent hydrocarbon lake.

When full, the lake would be composed of liquid methane and ethane. [1] It was detected in 2007 by the Cassini–Huygens space probe.

Ngami Lacuna is located at coordinates 66.7°N and 213.9°W on Titan's globe and is 37.2 km in diameter. [2] It is named after Lake Ngami, in Botswana, [2] and like its terrestrial namesake is considered to be endorheic.

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References

  1. Coustenis, A.; Taylor, F. W. (21 July 2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. World Scientific. pp. 154–155. ISBN   978-981-281-161-5.
  2. 1 2 "Ngami Lacuna". USGS planetary nomenclature page . USGS . Retrieved 2013-12-28.{{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)