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Eyre Lacuna

Coordinates: 72°36′N 225°06′W / 72.6°N 225.1°W / 72.6; -225.1
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Eyre Lacuna
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Synthetic aperture radar mosaic of Titan's north polar region, showing hydrocarbon seas and lakes
Feature typeLacus
Coordinates72°36′N 225°06′W / 72.6°N 225.1°W / 72.6; -225.1
Diameter25.4 km [1] It is named after Lake Eyre, an intermittent lake in Australia.[1]
EponymLake 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

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  1. ^ a b "Eyre Lacuna". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. USGS. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
  2. ^ Coustenis, A.; Taylor, F. W. (21 July 2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. World Scientific. pp. 154–155. ISBN 978-981-281-161-5.