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Titan's Ethane Lake

Target Name:  Titan
Spacecraft:  Cassini Orbiter
Produced by:  NASA/JPL
Copyright: NASA Copyright Free Policy
Cross Reference:  PIA11001
Date Released: 30 July 2008

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This artist concept shows a mirror-smooth lake on the surface of the smoggy moon Titan.

Cassini scientists have concluded that at least one of the large lakes observed on Saturn's moon Titan contains liquid hydrocarbons, and have positively identified ethane. This result makes Titan the only place in our solar system beyond Earth known to have liquid on its surface.

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