Albano Lacus

Lake on Titan

66°00′N 236°30′W / 66°N 236.5°W / 66; -236.5Diameter6.2km

Albano Lacus is one of a number of hydrocarbon lakes found on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.^[1]

The lake is composed of liquid methane and ethane,^[2] and was detected by the Cassini space probe.

The lake is 6.2 kilometres (3.9 mi) long. The lake is named after Lake Albano in Italy, and the word "lacus" means lake.

References

^ "Planetary Names: Lacus, lacūs: Albano Lacus on Titan". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
^ Coustenis, Athena (2008). Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World. World Scientific. ISBN 9789812811615.

Titan

General

Lakes
and seas

Seas	Kraken Mare Ligeia Mare Punga Mare
Lakes	Abaya Lacus Bolsena Lacus Feia Lacus Hammar Lacus Jingpo Lacus Kivu Lacus Koitere Lacus Ladoga Lacus Mackay Lacus Müggel Lacus Neagh Lacus Ontario Lacus Sionascaig Lacus Sotonera Lacus Albano Lacus
Rivers	Elivagar Flumina Vid Flumina
Dry lakes	Eyre Lacuna Ngami Lacuna Woytchugga Lacuna

Exploration

Past	Pioneer program Pioneer 11 Voyager program Voyager 1 Voyager 2 Cassini–Huygens Huygens
Planned and proposed	Dragonfly (2028) AVIATR Explorer of Enceladus and Titan Journey to Enceladus and Titan TALISE Titan Mare Explorer Titan Submarine Titan Saturn System Mission Titan Winged Aerobot Oceanus