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Cassini maps depths of Titan’s seas

Methane lakes extend more than 200 meters below surface of Saturnian moon

Ligeia Mare, sea on Titan

DEEP DOWN  One of the largest seas on Titan, Ligeia Mare, seen in this false-color radar image taken by the Cassini spacecraft, extends more than 200 meters below the moon’s surface. 

JPL-Caltech/NASA, ASI, Cornell

By Christopher Crockett

- More than 2 years ago

TUCSON — Planetary scientists have for the first time mapped the depths of three methane seas on Saturn’s moon Titan.