Neagh Lacus

Neagh Lacus
False-color Cassini radar image of hydrocarbon lakes on Titan (2006), showing Neagh Lacus in the middle distance, on the right margin.
Feature typeLacus
Coordinates81°07′N 32°10′W / 81.11°N 32.16°W / 81.11; -32.16
Diameter98 km[note 1]
EponymLake 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 Lough Neagh, in Northern Ireland.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b The USGS web site gives the size as a "diameter", but it is actually the length in the longest dimension.

References

  1. ^ Coustenis, A.; Taylor, F. W. (21 July 2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. World Scientific. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-981-281-161-5.
  2. ^ a b "Neagh Lacus". USGS planetary nomenclature page. USGS. Retrieved 2013-12-28.