Eyre Lacuna
 Synthetic aperture radar mosaic of Titan's north polar region, showing hydrocarbon seas and lakes | |
| Feature type | Lacus |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 72°36′N 225°06′W / 72.6°N 225.1°W |
| Diameter | 25.4 km [1] It is named after Lake Eyre, an intermittent lake in Australia.[1] |
| Eponym | Lake Abaya |
Eyre Lacuna is a feature on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, believed to be a currently dry bed of an intermittent hydrocarbon lake.
When full, the lake would be composed of liquid methane and ethane.[2] It was detected in 2007 by the Cassini–Huygens space probe.
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b "Eyre Lacuna". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. USGS. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
- ^ Coustenis, A.; Taylor, F. W. (21 July 2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. World Scientific. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-981-281-161-5.
