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A Methane Sea on Saturn’s Moon Titan Could Be Over 1,000 Feet Deep
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A false-color mosaic Titan’s polar regions. Kraken Mare is the dim splotch to the right of center.
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/University of Idaho
Data gathered by NASA’s Cassini probe has allowed scientists to estimate the depth of Kraken Mare the biggest methane sea on Saturn’s moon Titan.
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New research published in the Journal of Geophysical Research is expanding our knowledge of Titan’s hydrocarbon seas, specifically Kraken Mare. This sea, approximately 600 miles (1,000 km) long, is larger than all five of North America’s Great Lakes combined and holds around 80% of the moon’s surface liquids. The seas on Titan contain lots of methane and ethane and are comparable to liquified natural gas on Earth.