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Nature 454, 587-589 (31 July 2008) | doi:10.1038/454587a; Published online 30 July 2008
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Planetary science: Organic lakes on Titan
François Raulin1
Abstract
While orbiting Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft has spotted lakes containing ethane on Titan, the planet's largest moon. Titan is so far the only planetary object other than Earth that is known to have liquid bodies on its surface.
Titan is the largest satellite of the giant planet Saturn. Its diameter of 5,150 kilometres makes it bigger than Mercury and only 25% smaller than Mars.
- François Raulin is at the Université Paris 12 Val de Marne, 61 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France.
Email: raulin@lisa.univ-paris12.fr
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