Neagh Lacus
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False-color Cassini radar image of hydrocarbon lakes on Titan (2006), showing Neagh Lacus in the middle distance, on the right margin.
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| Feature type | Lacus |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Diameter | 98 km[note 1] |
| Eponym | Lake Neagh |
Neagh Lacus is one of a number of hydrocarbon lakes found on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The lake is composed of liquid methane and ethane,[1] and was detected by the Cassini space probe.
The lacus is located at coordinates 81.11°N and 32.16°W on Titan's globe,[2] in a region close to the north pole where most of Titan's lakes are located. The lake is 98 km in length[note 1] and is named after Lake Neagh, in Northern Ireland.[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The USGS web site gives the size as a "diameter", but it is actually the length in the longest dimension.
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