Ligeia Mare facts for kids

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Ligeia Mare

Map of Ligeia Mare by an amateur cartographer
Feature on Titan
Type	Mare
Latitude	79N
Longitude	248W
Diameter	500 km (310 mi)
Eponym	Ligeia
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Comparison of Ligeia's size with Lake Superior on Earth

Ligeia Mare is a lake on Titan at 79.0° N, 248.0° W, measuring around 500 km in width. It is named after Ligeia, one of the sirens in Greek mythology. Ligeia Mare has been a proposed lake to land the Titan Lake In-situ Sampling Propelled Explorer space probe

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Images for kids

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  Titan - Ligeia Mare - SAR and clearer despeckled views.

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  Map of Ligeia Mare by an amateur cartographer

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  Vid Flumina, a river over 400 km long that empties into Ligeia Mare

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  The Cassini spacecraft’s Titan Radar Mapper produced bathymetric measurements of Titan’s Ligeia Mare

See also

In Spanish: Mar de Ligeia para niños