Ganesa Macula

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Ganesa Macula imaged by Cassini radar.
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Ganesa Macula imaged by Cassini radar.

Ganesa Macula is a dark feature on Saturn's moon Titan. It is named after the Hindu god Ganesha.

Ganesa has been tentatively identified as a cryovolcanic dome: the result of a mixture of water and ammonia erupting from the center of the dome and spreading out to form a pancake-like deposit.[1]

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  1. ^ http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00000241/
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