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Titan's lakes revealed
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post Jan 3 2007, 06:09 PM
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The January 4, 2007, issue of Nature has a paper by Stofan et al. and an accompanying News and Views piece by Christophe Sotin on Titan's lakes. See the Editor's Summary for a synopsis and links.

See also the related Space.com story.

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- AlexBlackwell   Titan's lakes revealed   Jan 3 2007, 06:09 PM
- - ngunn   On the lake distribution again -- The largest lake...   Mar 16 2007, 11:47 AM
- - Mongo   Given that this new nearly-Caspian-Sea-sized body ...   Mar 16 2007, 09:45 PM
- - Juramike   Sounds like a good proposal for a definition. Man...   Mar 16 2007, 10:47 PM
- - Mongo   Two seas so far, that we know of. The largest one...   Mar 17 2007, 02:19 AM
|- - tty   QUOTE (Mongo @ Mar 17 2007, 03:19 AM) ......   Mar 19 2007, 07:05 AM
- - edstrick   A ***LOT*** of the terrain in the northern lake-di...   Mar 17 2007, 08:33 AM
- - remcook   if the lakes cannot be drained or evaporated withi...   Mar 17 2007, 12:02 PM
- - Mongo   There are SAR observations of the southern polar r...   Mar 17 2007, 03:24 PM
- - ngunn   Some thoughts on interesting recent posts. 1/ Lak...   Mar 17 2007, 08:37 PM
|- - Mongo   QUOTE (ngunn @ Mar 17 2007, 08:37 PM) 5/ ...   Mar 17 2007, 09:18 PM
- - nprev   Hmm. Here's an idea/question: Who was the firs...   Mar 17 2007, 08:55 PM
|- - The Messenger   QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 17 2007, 02:55 PM) Hmm...   Mar 17 2007, 11:40 PM
- - ngunn   On the question of seasonal drying: I too remembe...   Mar 17 2007, 11:12 PM
- - Olvegg   I think this mosaic may be useful for comparison o...   Mar 18 2007, 01:13 AM
- - Olvegg   And comparison on a same scale:   Mar 18 2007, 01:15 AM
|- - TritonAntares   Very instructive map, Olvegg. Apart from the diffe...   Mar 18 2007, 12:54 PM
|- - Olvegg   QUOTE (TritonAntares @ Mar 18 2007, 03:54...   Mar 18 2007, 01:24 PM
- - Mongo   Thank you Olvegg for those maps. We forumers now ...   Mar 18 2007, 02:18 AM
- - nprev   Great work, Olvegg...thank you very much! ...   Mar 18 2007, 01:10 PM
- - angel1801   It is convention for a body in syncronious rotatio...   Mar 18 2007, 01:53 PM
- - Stu   Just pointing a finger at a curiosity that caught ...   Mar 18 2007, 02:38 PM
- - Mongo   I thought that I would summarise what I think is c...   Mar 18 2007, 05:55 PM
- - ngunn   Olvegg, thank you so much for those polar maps. T...   Mar 18 2007, 10:03 PM
- - nprev   Yeah, you're probably right, ngunn...really ca...   Mar 19 2007, 12:25 AM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 18 2007, 05:25 PM) Yea...   Mar 19 2007, 02:52 PM
|- - Mongo   QUOTE (JRehling @ Mar 19 2007, 02:52 PM) ...   Mar 19 2007, 02:59 PM
|- - Juramike   From the drainage channels in the equatorial highl...   Mar 19 2007, 03:46 PM
|- - tty   QUOTE (Juramike @ Mar 19 2007, 04:46 PM) ...   Mar 19 2007, 06:58 PM
|- - JRehling   Very interesting thoughts. Whatever the case is f...   Mar 19 2007, 07:17 PM
- - ngunn   Any names are fine with me actually but I'll b...   Mar 19 2007, 09:20 AM
- - Mongo   Lake Agassiz was named for Louis Agassiz, the nine...   Mar 19 2007, 02:49 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (Mongo @ Mar 19 2007, 02:49 PM) Lak...   Mar 19 2007, 03:57 PM
|- - Mongo   QUOTE (ngunn @ Mar 19 2007, 03:57 PM) Now...   Mar 19 2007, 04:16 PM
- - ngunn   Yes, I didn't mean to ignore the solid/liquid ...   Mar 19 2007, 05:39 PM
- - belleraphon1   All .... evaporation rates for hydrocarbon lakes.....   Mar 19 2007, 06:43 PM
- - ngunn   Belleraphon thanks for dropping that abstract in h...   Mar 19 2007, 08:06 PM
- - Mongo   QUOTE In this paper we explore the hypothesis that...   Mar 19 2007, 09:43 PM
- - Juramike   Let me go for a Grand Slam Single Bullet Theory: ...   Mar 19 2007, 09:43 PM
- - Juramike   Doesn't it also seem odd that several of the l...   Mar 19 2007, 10:05 PM
- - ngunn   I agree that evaporation from wet ground would be ...   Mar 19 2007, 11:09 PM
- - dvandorn   I agree that there are likely other (and more domi...   Mar 19 2007, 11:43 PM
- - Mongo   I have been looking for estimates of the heat flow...   Mar 20 2007, 12:25 AM
- - belleraphon1   Folks... this may be getting a bit off topic (cr...   Mar 20 2007, 01:04 AM
- - Mongo   Continuing with other pdfs from LPSC 38: Cassini ...   Mar 20 2007, 01:40 AM
- - remcook   "Doesn't it also seem odd that several of...   Mar 20 2007, 09:18 AM
- - Juramike   Titan's Crater Lakes: Caldera vs. Karst? htt...   Mar 20 2007, 02:34 PM
- - Mongo   A Retraction As I was continuing to re-read Lifti...   Mar 20 2007, 03:41 PM
|- - tty   QUOTE (Mongo @ Mar 20 2007, 04:41 PM) the...   Mar 20 2007, 06:31 PM
|- - Mongo   QUOTE (tty @ Mar 20 2007, 06:31 PM) That,...   Mar 20 2007, 07:57 PM
- - ngunn   See post 55 this thread.   Mar 20 2007, 03:57 PM
- - Juramike   I agree with Mongo. If this is correct: The altit...   Mar 20 2007, 09:24 PM
- - ngunn   This could be on the right lines but I think some ...   Mar 21 2007, 09:42 AM
- - ngunn   Some more possible complications: Time-variant cl...   Mar 21 2007, 12:10 PM
- - belleraphon1   Karst, Calderas, or Craters..... All... I have ...   Mar 21 2007, 12:44 PM
|- - hendric   QUOTE (belleraphon1 @ Mar 21 2007, 07:44 ...   Mar 21 2007, 04:16 PM
- - Juramike   "There's nothing like data to mess up a g...   Mar 21 2007, 03:31 PM
|- - ustrax   This may be useful. If someone hasn't already ...   Mar 21 2007, 03:55 PM
||- - rlorenz   Nice of you to point that out.... Knowing (as we ...   Mar 21 2007, 10:14 PM
||- - ustrax   QUOTE (rlorenz @ Mar 21 2007, 10:14 PM) N...   Mar 22 2007, 10:44 AM
||- - Juramike   QUOTE (rlorenz @ Mar 21 2007, 06:14 PM) K...   Mar 22 2007, 03:30 PM
|- - belleraphon1   QUOTE (Juramike @ Mar 21 2007, 11:31 AM) ...   Mar 21 2007, 11:44 PM
- - ngunn   These lake basins appear at both poles - I'm n...   Mar 21 2007, 10:01 PM
- - elakdawalla   Welcome to UMSF, rlorenz --Emily   Mar 21 2007, 10:33 PM
- - Mongo   I second that! Welcome to UMSF. You need to ...   Mar 21 2007, 11:20 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Mongo @ Mar 22 2007, 12:20 AM) I h...   Mar 26 2007, 11:27 AM
- - belleraphon1   From the T27 mission description document. ...   Mar 22 2007, 12:08 PM
- - ngunn   Great to see you here Ralph Lorenz. Your input wil...   Mar 22 2007, 03:36 PM
- - Webscientist   I also bought the book "Lifting Titan's V...   Mar 22 2007, 06:50 PM
|- - Littlebit   QUOTE (Webscientist @ Mar 22 2007, 12:50 ...   Mar 23 2007, 04:57 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Littlebit @ Mar 23 2007, 04:57 PM)...   Mar 23 2007, 05:22 PM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (Littlebit @ Mar 23 2007, 12:57 PM)...   Mar 23 2007, 06:34 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (Littlebit @ Mar 23 2007, 12:57 PM)...   Mar 23 2007, 09:12 PM
- - ngunn   Some of the lakes are in fairly deep hollows but t...   Mar 23 2007, 10:42 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (ngunn @ Mar 23 2007, 03:42 PM) Som...   Mar 23 2007, 11:12 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (JRehling @ Mar 23 2007, 11:12 PM) ...   Mar 23 2007, 11:29 PM
- - nprev   I've favored the "cold pre-Mariner 2 Venu...   Mar 23 2007, 11:30 PM
- - Juramike   Do y'all think that the smust in the equatoria...   Mar 24 2007, 12:02 AM
- - nprev   Well...I'm definitely no expert, but here...   Mar 24 2007, 12:24 AM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 23 2007, 05:24 PM) Pre...   Mar 24 2007, 03:12 AM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 24 2007, 12:24 AM) Pre...   Mar 24 2007, 06:22 PM
- - Juramike   Some high nerdliness on a Friday night: How much ...   Mar 24 2007, 01:03 AM
- - remcook   "Early Cassini orbits showed (bright in IR) c...   Mar 24 2007, 10:48 AM
|- - rlorenz   The diversity of polar phenomena is intriguing (an...   Mar 24 2007, 07:23 PM
- - Webscientist   The analysis on interactions between methane and e...   Mar 24 2007, 11:55 AM
|- - tedstryk   Wow... you don't want to know how long it took...   Mar 24 2007, 04:28 PM
- - nprev   Yeah...Titan is the first place we've been whe...   Mar 24 2007, 07:01 PM
- - ngunn   It is indeed confusing (at least it has been confu...   Mar 24 2007, 09:57 PM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (ngunn @ Mar 24 2007, 05:57 PM) Are...   Mar 25 2007, 01:15 AM
- - nprev   Re determining the age of the Titanian surface: Ha...   Mar 25 2007, 12:58 AM
- - nprev   May you have many more free weekends, and come see...   Mar 25 2007, 02:42 AM
- - remcook   "The polar hood material (C4N2 etc?) likely a...   Mar 25 2007, 11:35 AM
- - ngunn   rlorenz thanks very much - understand you're b...   Mar 25 2007, 08:48 PM
- - nprev   Drifting back into small lake morphology here...Wh...   Mar 25 2007, 10:30 PM
- - ngunn   ustrax thanks for those links. The idea that proto...   Mar 26 2007, 09:07 PM
- - The Messenger   QUOTE (ngunn @ Mar 26 2007, 03:07 PM) npr...   Mar 27 2007, 05:14 AM
- - ngunn   QUOTE (The Messenger @ Mar 27 2007, 06:14...   Mar 27 2007, 08:05 AM
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