geo.wikisort.org - ReservoirKoitere 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 space probe Cassini.
Lake on Titan
Koitere LacusFalse-color Cassini radar image of hydrocarbon lakes on Titan (2006), showing Koitere Lacus in the middle distance, to the left of center, with a prominent island. |
Feature type | Lacus |
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Coordinates | 79.4°N 36.14°W / 79.4; -36.14 |
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Diameter | 68 km[note 1] |
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Eponym | Koitere |
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The lacus is located at coordinates 79.4°N and 36.14°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 68 km in length,[note 1] and is named after Koitere, a lake in Finland.[2]
Notes
- The USGS web site gives the size as a "diameter", but it is actually the length in the longest dimension.
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- Dragonfly (2027)
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Miscellaneous |
- Colonization of Titan
- Titan in fiction
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