Hammar Lacus
 False-color near infrared view of Titan's northern hemisphere, showing its seas and lakes. | |
| Feature type | Lacus |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 48°36′N308°17′W/ 48.6°N 308.29°W |
| Diameter | 200 km[note 1] |
| Eponym | Hammar Lake |
Hammar Lacusis one of a number ofhydrocarbon seas and lakesfound on Saturn's largest moon,Titan.[1]
The lake is located atlatitude48.6°Nandlongitude308.29°WonTitan's globe,[2]and is composed of liquidmethaneandethane,[3]At 200 km indiameterit is the third largest lake onTitanand is named afterHammar Lakein southernIraq,its name being adopted by theIAUon Dec 3, 2013.[2]Its area is given as 18600 km2.[4]
Notes[edit]
- ^The USGS web site gives the size as a "diameter", but it is actually the length in the longest dimension.
References[edit]
- ^Map of the liquid bodies in the north polar region of Titan.
- ^ab"Hammar Lacus".Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). 2013-12-03.Retrieved2015-10-16.
- ^Coustenis, A.; Taylor, F. W. (21 July 2008).Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World.World Scientific.pp. 154–155.ISBN978-981-281-161-5.
- ^Shannon M. MacKenzie; Jason W. Barnes; Christophe Sotin; Jason M. Soderblom; Stéphane Le Mouélic; Sebastien Rodriguez; Kevin H. Baines; Bonnie J. Buratti; Roger N. Clark; Phillip D. Nicholson; Thomas B. McCord (2014-10-02)."Evidence of Titan's climate history from evaporite distribution"(PDF).Icarus.243:195.arXiv:1408.2899.Bibcode:2014Icar..243..191M.doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.08.022.S2CID118570147.Retrieved2015-10-16.
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