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{{Short description|Feature on Titan}}
{{other uses|Ganesha (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox feature on celestial object
|name        = Ganesa Macula
|image       = [[Image:Ganesa Macula.jpg|250px]]
|caption     = Ganesa Macula imaged by ''[[Cassini-Huygens|Cassini]]'' [[Synthetic aperture radar|radar]].
|type        = Macula
|eponym      = [[Ganesha]]
}}

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

Ganesa was formerly tentatively identified as a [[cryovolcano|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. However, topographical data have since shown that it is not dome-shaped, and as a result, there is no longer any evidence that it is of volcanic origin.<ref>[http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2008/1771.html Ganesa Macula isn't a dome]</ref>

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