Comparative lake on Earth and Titan

Ontario Lake - Canada

Bangdex News - Despite its name and approximately the same size, Lake Ontario in the North American continent, the planet Earth have a difference with lake Ontario Lacus on Titan, moon of Jupiter.

If Ontario holds water, Ontario Lacus a size of 15 thousand square kilometers - slightly smaller than Lake Ontario - to accommodate methane, ethana, and propane.

Lake Ontario also invite many tourists who want to sunbathe enjoying the warm sunshine, while the lake Ontario Lacus, since the distance is about 10 times farther from the Sun, has a very cold temperature, about minus 143 degrees Celsius.

Interestingly, both Ontario Lacus and Ontario have similar although the two lakes separated by a distance of about 1.2 billion kilometers. The equation is the height of the liquid surface in both lakes changed in line with the change of seasons.

From the Cassini satellite monitoring, in the period between June 2005 until July 2009, Lacus Ontario shoreline has receded up to 9.6 kilometers. It is estimated, the depth of the lake has also been reduced to 1 meter per year. Here Video: Ontario, Lake far from the Earth 1.2 billion KM.

(Source: NASA / JPL)