Woytchugga Lacuna

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Woytchugga Lacuna
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Cassini view of Titan's north polar seas and lakes in the near infrared.
Feature typeLacus
Coordinates 68°30′N109°00′W / 68.5°N 109.0°W / 68.5; -109.0
Diameter449 km

Woytchugga Lacuna is one of the largest lakes of Titan.

It is located at 68°53′ N and 109°00′ W [1] on Titan's surface and at 449 km in length it is the longest Titanean lake and third longest body of a number of "hydro-carbon lakes" found on Saturn's largest moon". [2] The lake is composed of liquid ethane and methane, [3] and was detected by the Cassini–Huygens space probe. Indications are that it is an intermittent lake and so was named in 2013 after Lake Woytchugga near Wilcannia, Australia. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Woytchugga Lacuna". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astronomical Union (IAU). 3 December 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "NASA's Cassini Reveals Surprises with Titan's Lakes". NASA. April 18, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  3. ↑ Coustenis, Athéna; Taylor, F. W. (2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World (2nd ed.). World Scientific. pp. 154–155. ISBN   978-981-270-501-3..
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