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Lakes of liquid methane on Titan from Cassini

by

Nasa/JPL/USGS/Novapix

Reference

a-sat05-20050

Date

2007-01-05

The existence of lakes of liquid methane on Saturn's moon Titan was predicted more than 20 years ago ; the Cassini flyby of July 22 2006 confirmed their presence. Titan is primarily composed of water ice and rocky material and its surface temperature is about -180°C.