Ligeia Mare

Ligeia Mare
	Ligeia Mare from a false-color mosaic of synthetic aperture radar images of Titan's north polar region.
Feature type	Mare
Coordinates	79°N 248°W / 79°N 248°W
Diameter	500 km
Inflow	Vid Flumina
Eponym	Ligeia

Ligeia Mare /laɪˈdʒiːə ˈmɑːreɪ/^[2] is a lake in the north polar region of Titan, the planet Saturn's largest moon. It is the second largest body of liquid on the surface of Titan, after Kraken Mare.^[3] Larger than Lake Superior on Earth, it is mostly composed of liquid methane, with unknown but lesser components of dissolved nitrogen and ethane, as well as other organic compounds.^[4]^[5]^[6] It is located at 78° N, 249° W, and has been fully imaged by the Cassini spacecraft. Measuring roughly 420 km (260 mi) by 350 km (217 mi) across, it has a surface area of about 126,000 km², and a shoreline over 2,000 km (1,240 mi) in length.^[7] The lake may be hydrologically connected to the larger Kraken Mare.^[8] Its namesake is Ligeia, one of the sirens in Greek mythology.^[3]

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^ Le Gall, A.; Malaska, M. J.; Lorenz, Ralph D.; Janssen, M. A.; Tokano, T.; Hayes, Alexander G.; Mastrogiuseppe, Marco; Lunine, Jonathan I.; Veyssière, G.; Encrenaz, P.; Karatekin, O. (2016-02-25). "Composition, seasonal change, and bathymetry of Ligeia Mare, Titan, derived from its microwave thermal emission". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 121 (2): 233–251. Bibcode:2016JGRE..121..233L. doi:10.1002/2015JE004920. hdl:11573/1560395.
^ Stofan, Ellen R.; Lunine, Jonathan I.; Lorenz, Ralph D.; Kirk, R. L.; Aharonson, O.; Hayes, Alexander G.; Lucas, A.; Turtle, E. P.; Wall, S. D.; Wood, C. A.; Cassini Radar Team (2012). Shorelines of Ligeia Mare, Titan - 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (PDF). Lunar and Planetary Institute. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
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[2] "Beyond Earthly Skies: A River on Titan". 2013-05-24.

[3] New Century Cyclopedia of Names

[USGS-4] "Titan maria". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Science Center. Retrieved 2012-03-16.

[spaceref.com-5] "Cassini Spacecraft Reveals Clues About Titan". SpaceRef. December 12, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-18.

[MethaneJPL2016-6] "Cassini Explores a Methane Sea on Titan". Jet Propulsion Laboratory News. 2016-04-26.

[Le_Gall2016-7] Le Gall, A.; Malaska, M. J.; Lorenz, Ralph D.; Janssen, M. A.; Tokano, T.; Hayes, Alexander G.; Mastrogiuseppe, Marco; Lunine, Jonathan I.; Veyssière, G.; Encrenaz, P.; Karatekin, O. (2016-02-25). "Composition, seasonal change, and bathymetry of Ligeia Mare, Titan, derived from its microwave thermal emission". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 121 (2): 233–251. Bibcode:2016JGRE..121..233L. doi:10.1002/2015JE004920. hdl:11573/1560395.

[Stofan-8] Stofan, Ellen R.; Lunine, Jonathan I.; Lorenz, Ralph D.; Kirk, R. L.; Aharonson, O.; Hayes, Alexander G.; Lucas, A.; Turtle, E. P.; Wall, S. D.; Wood, C. A.; Cassini Radar Team (2012). Shorelines of Ligeia Mare, Titan - 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (PDF). Lunar and Planetary Institute. Retrieved 2012-03-20.

[9] ttp://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2014/pdf/1476.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

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