Ontario Lacus
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| Ontario Lacus | |
 Ontario Lacus is the dark feature at centre-left of this image of Titan's south pole |
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| Feature type | Lacus |
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| Coordinates | 72°S, 183°W |
| Diameter | 235 km |
| Eponym | Lake Ontario |
Ontario Lacus is a methane-ethane lake near the south pole of Saturn's moon Titan. Its character as a hydrocarbon lake was confirmed[1] by observations from the Cassini spacecraft, and was published in the 31 July 2008 edition of Nature. It is about 20,000 km² in area, and is named after Lake Ontario in North America, with which it shares a similar size and shape.
[edit] References
- ^ "NASA Confirms Liquid Lake On Saturn Moon", NASA (2007-07-30). Retrieved on 30 July 2007.
[edit] External links
- Staff (2008-08-03). "Titan's Ethane Lake", Astrobiology Magazine. Retrieved on 5 August 2008.
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