Scientists Study Mysterious 'Lakes' Of Saturn's Moon
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Published On: 2015-06-22
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Scientists have determined how the lake depressions on Saturn’s moon Titan were likely formed.
Saturn’s moon Titan has a wealth of lakes and seas on its surface, making it the only known celestial body in the solar system other than Earth to have exposed liquid masses.
Though scientists have long theorized that the vast pools are filled with hydrocarbon rains and underground liquids, they only recently determined how the depressions themselves likely occurred.
The process similar to how sinkholes develop here.
NASA explained, “These are terrestrial landscapes that result from erosion of dissolvable rocks, such as limestone and gypsum, in groundwater and rainfall percolating through rocks.”
The team also de
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