MIT discovers surprising wave activity on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon

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The surface of Titan. Simulations by MIT geologists indicate that the lakes and seas on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, were formed by wave-induced erosion. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Researchers find that wave activity on Saturn’s largest moon could be strong enough to erode the shorelines of lakes and seas. MIT researchers have used simulations to suggest that … Read more

Saturn’s moon Titan has coastlines that appear to be formed by waves

Enlarge / Ligeia Mare, the second largest amount of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan. During its T85 Titan flight on July 24, 2012, the Cassini spacecraft recorded an unexpectedly bright reflection on the surface of Lake Kivu Lacus. The Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) data was interpreted as a roughness on the methane-ethane lake, which … Read more