The lakes of Titan
@article{Stofan2007TheLO, title={The lakes of Titan}, author={Ellen R. Stofan and Charles Elachi and Jonathan I. Lunine and Ralph D. Lorenz and Bryan W. Stiles and Karl Mitchell and Steven Jeffrey Ostro and Laurence A. Soderblom and Charles A. Wood and Howard A. Zebker and Steve Wall and Michael A. Janssen and Randolph L. Kirk and R. M. C. Lopes and Flora Paganelli and Jani Radebaugh and Lauren C. Wye and Yanhua Anderson and M. Allison and R. A. Boehmer and Philip S. Callahan and Pierre J. Encrenaz and Enrico Flamini and G. Francescetti and Yonggyu Gim and Gary Hamilton and Scott Hensley and William T. K. Johnson and K. D. Kelleher and Duane O. Muhleman and Philippe Paillou and Giovanni Picardi and Francesco Posa and L. E. Roth and Roberto Seu and Scott J. Shaffer and Sergio Vetrella and Robert A. West}, journal={Nature}, year={2007}, volume={445}, pages={61-64} }
The surface of Saturn’s haze-shrouded moon Titan has long been proposed to have oceans or lakes, on the basis of the stability of liquid methane at the surface. Initial visible and radar imaging failed to find any evidence of an ocean, although abundant evidence was found that flowing liquids have existed on the surface. Here we provide definitive evidence for the presence of lakes on the surface of Titan, obtained during the Cassini Radar flyby of Titan on 22 July 2006 (T16). The radar imaging…
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