Titan: Facts - Science@NASA
WEBTitan has a radius of about 1,600 miles (2,575 kilometers), and is nearly 50 percent wider than Earth’s moon. Titan is about 759,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) from Saturn, which itself is about 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers) from the Sun, or about 9.5 astronomical units (AU).
Titan (moon) - Wikipedia
WEBTitan is the largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest in the Solar System. It is the only moon known to have an atmosphere denser than the Earth's and is the only known object in space—other than Earth—on which there is …
The First Global Geologic Map of Titan Completed - NASA
WEBNov 18, 2019 · The first map showing the global geology of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, has been completed and fully reveals a dynamic world of dunes, lakes, plains, craters and other terrains. Titan is the only planetary body in our solar system other than Earth known to have stable liquid on its surface.
In Depth | Titan – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBSaturn's largest moon, Titan, is an icy world whose surface is completely obscured by a golden hazy atmosphere. Titan is the second largest moon in our solar system. Only Jupiter's moon Ganymede is larger, by just 2 percent. Titan is bigger than Earth's moon, and larger than even the planet Mercury.
Titan - NASA Science
WEBNorthern Summer on Titan: NASA's Cassini spacecraft sees bright methane clouds drifting in the summer skies of Saturn's moon Titan, along with dark hydrocarbon lakes and seas clustered around the north pole.
A global geomorphologic map of Saturn’s moon Titan
WEBNov 18, 2019 · The global geological map of Saturn’s moon Titan, created using radar observations from Cassini, shows a clear latitudinal dependence, with young dune fields dominant at the equator, plains at...
A whole new world: astronomers draw first global map of Titan
WEBNov 18, 2019 · Astronomers have used data from NASA’s Cassini mission to map the entire surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, for the first time. Their charts reveal a diverse terrain of mountains, plains...
A Global Map of Titan's Surface | News | Astrobiology
WEBNov 21, 2019 · Astrobiology Program has provided a global geomorphological map of Saturn’s moon Titan based on data from the Cassini spacecraft. The global map is at 1:20,000,000 scale and is based on the identification of six major geological units including lakes, hummocky terrain, craters, labyrinth terrain, plains, and dunes.
Scientists model landscape formation on Titan | Stanford Report
WEBApr 25, 2022 · Saturn’s moon Titan looks very much like Earth from space, with rivers, lakes, and seas filled by rain tumbling through a thick atmosphere. While these landscapes may look familiar, they are composed of materials that are undoubtedly different – liquid methane streams streak Titan’s icy surface and nitrogen winds build …
The First Global Geologic Map of Titan Completed - NASA Jet …
WEBNov 18, 2019 · The first map showing the global geology of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has been completed and fully reveals a dynamic world of dunes, lakes, plains, craters and other terrains. Titan is the only planetary body in our solar system other than Earth known to have stable liquid on its surface.