Titan’s lakes could host 10-foot, slow-moving waves, new model suggests
MIT researchers’ PlanetWaves model, which accounts for gravity, atmospheric pressure and liquid properties, predicts Titan’s methane/ethane lakes could produce waves around 10 feet tall even with light winds, thanks to Titan’s low gravity and the fuel-like liquids; the model was calibrated with Lake Superior data and then applied to other worlds, offering insights for future probes that might float on Titan’s seas.