Sentences with phrase «ethane waves»

In theory, sunlight should glint off Titan's ethane waves, yet measurements using NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility in Hawaii have failed to detect such reflections.

Not exact matches

Last year, Lorenz calculated that wind speeds of less than 1 metre per second — calm by terrestrial standards — should be sufficient to produce detectable waves in an ethane lake.

That's puzzling because mixtures of methane and ethane should be less viscous than water, meaning that even light winds can whip up waves.

«What is exciting, however, is that the wind speeds predicted during northern spring and summer approach those necessary to generate wind waves in liquid ethane and / or methane.