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 Apr 11 2008, 04:15 PM
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The IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature approved three more names for Titan: Kraken Mare, Ligeia Mare, and Mayda Insula. Kraken Mare is the name of the largest north polar sea and Mayda Insula is the name of the island at the northern end of Kraken Mare. Ligeia Mare is the large sea to the east of Kraken Mare.
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/ind...sula-Names.html -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Aug 6 2008, 12:38 AM
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It is located north of Selk, which is the crater named back in February that is in NW Shangri-La.
Selk = Egyptian goddess of knowledge, writing, education, and reptiles. (...and reptiles, how the heck did that job function get thrown in there?) -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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Aug 6 2008, 01:05 AM
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QUOTE (Juramike @ Aug 5 2008, 05:38 PM)  Selk = Egyptian goddess of knowledge, writing, education, and reptiles. (...and reptiles, how the heck did that job function get thrown in there?) Obviously, she was Civil Service...  -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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volcanopele Titan names Apr 11 2008, 04:15 PM
nprev Jason, any reason you know of why "mare... Apr 11 2008, 04:23 PM
David QUOTE (nprev @ Apr 11 2008, 05:23 PM) Jas... Apr 12 2008, 02:05 PM stevesliva Ack, I think what I initially posted here was logi... Apr 11 2008, 05:29 PM Decepticon QUOTE http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/ind..... Apr 12 2008, 05:17 PM rlorenz QUOTE (Decepticon @ Apr 12 2008, 01:17 PM... Apr 14 2008, 08:30 AM elakdawalla OK, you Titan mappers, where's the newly named... Aug 5 2008, 06:04 PM Stu QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Aug 5 2008, 07:04 PM... Aug 5 2008, 06:09 PM volcanopele http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10655
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