Abaya Lacus
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Titan's "kissing lakes", Abaya Lacus, as viewed by Cassini's synthetic aperture radar.
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| Feature type | Lacus |
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| Diameter | 65 km[note 1] |
| Eponym | Lake Abaya |
Abaya Lacus is one of a number of hydrocarbon lakes found on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.[1]
The lake is composed of liquid methane and ethane,[2] and was detected by the Cassini space probe.
Abaya Lacus is located at coordinates 73.17°N and 45.55°W on Titan's globe and is 65 km in length.[note 1] It is named after Lake Abaya in Ethiopia.[1]
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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