Saturday 15 November 2014

Cassini probe measures sea depth on Saturn's moon Titan

SATURN DAILY
Cassini probe measures sea depth on Saturn's moon Titan
Washington (UPI) Nov 12, 2014 - According to new radar measurements recorded by NASA's Cassini probe, the largest hydrocarbon sea on Saturn's moon Titan, Kraken Mare, is at least 115 feet deep - and maybe more. Cassini recently bounced radar off Kraken Mare's eastern shore as it circled Saturn; depths there ranged from 66 to 115 feet. But the area explored by Cassini's instruments is only a sliver of the sizable 154, ... more


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