Albano Lacus

{{Short description|Lake on Titan}} {{Infobox feature on celestial object |name = Albano Lacus |image = PIA17470_Titan_northern_hemisphere.jpg |caption = False-color near infrared view of Titan's northern hemisphere, showing its seas and lakes. Orange areas near some of them may be deposits of organic evaporite left behind by receding liquid hydrocarbon. |type = Lacus |coordinates = {{Coord|66|N|236.5|W|globe:titan_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |diameter = 6.2km |eponym = }}

'''Albano Lacus''' is one of a number of [[Lakes of Titan|hydrocarbon lakes]] found on Saturn's largest moon, [[Titan (moon)|Titan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/14769?__fsk=-583061697|title=Planetary Names: Lacus, lacūs: Albano Lacus on Titan|website=planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-12-20}}</ref>

The lake is composed of [[liquid]] [[methane]] and [[ethane]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3O47dxrDAQC&pg=PA154|title=Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World|last=Coustenis|first=Athena|date=2008|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=9789812811615|language=en}}</ref> and was detected by the ''[[Cassini–Huygens|Cassini]]'' [[Space craft|space probe]].

The lake is {{convert|6.2|km}} long. The lake is named after [[Lake Albano]] in [[Italy]], and the word "lacus" means lake.

== See also == * [[Lakes of Titan]] * [[Abaya Lacus]] * [[Bolsena Lacus]]

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