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An Estimate of the Chemical Composition of Titan's Lakes

Mousis, Olivier; Lunine, Jonathan I.; Lavvas, Panayotis +2 more

Hundreds of radar-dark patches interpreted as lakes have been discovered in the north and south polar regions of Titan. We have estimated the composition of these lakes by using the direct abundance measurements from the Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer aboard the Huygens probe and recent photochemical models based on the vertical temperature p…