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Albano Lacus is one of a number of hydrocarbon lakes found on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.[1]

False-color near infrared view of Titan's northern hemisphere, showing its seas and lakes. Orange areas near some of them may be deposits of organic evaporite left behind by receding liquid hydrocarbon.
False-color near infrared view of Titan's northern hemisphere, showing its seas and lakes. Orange areas near some of them may be deposits of organic evaporite left behind by receding liquid hydrocarbon.

The lake is composed of liquid methane and ethane,[2] and was detected by the Cassini space probe.

The lake is 6.2 kilometres (3.9 mi) long. The lake is named after Lake Albano in Italy, and the word "lacus" means lake.

The lake is at 66°N 236.5°W / 66; -236.5.


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References


  1. "Planetary Names: Lacus, lacūs: Albano Lacus on Titan". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  2. Coustenis, Athena (2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. World Scientific. ISBN 9789812811615.


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