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Titan is the largest of 60 known moons that orbit the planet Saturn. It is also the only moon in the Solar System that has a planet-like atmosphere.NASA-JPL: The Story of Saturn 2004's Cassini-Huygens mission was the first to place a probe on the surface of Titan.
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Fast Facts
- Discovered: March 25, 1655
- Discovered by: Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens
- Saturn's largest moon
- Second-largest moon in the Solar System
- Bigger than both Earth's Moon and the planet Mercury
- Has its own atmosphere
- Diameter: 5,150 kilometers
- Mass: 1.35x1023 kilograms
- Average distance from Saturn: 1.22 million kilometers
- Completes orbit around Saturn in 15 days, 22 hoursESA: Titan Fact Sheet
- The Cassini spacecraft launched towards Saturn in 2004
- Cassini released the Huygens lander onto the surface of Titan on January 14, 2005
- Cassini-Huygens mission discovered evidence of an underground ocean
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3 most likely candidates for life in solar system besides Earth r planet Mars, the Jovian moon Europa, and Saturn's moon Titan.
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New estimates of the chemical composition of lakes on Saturn's moon, Titan. Implications for exotic biochemistries...? http://bit.ly/fVUU0
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3 most likely candidates for life in solar system besides Earth r planet Mars, the Jovian moon Europa, and Saturn's moon Titan.
@kuppilidivya | November 14, 2009 06:14 AM -
Saturn's moon Titan displays a detached http://bit.ly/3TOCUa
@NASASTS_128 | November 14, 2009 05:49 AM -
Saturn's Moon: Titan, Habitable? http://cli.gs/aEaHD #Living #moon #NASA #outer #saturn #Science #space #titan #Video #water
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Daily Image Release: Titan's Halo: Saturn's moon Titan displays a detached, high-altitude global haze layer whi.. http://bit.ly/1N1lLb
@toomanytribbles | November 12, 2009 03:54 PM -
New estimates of the chemical composition of lakes on Saturn's moon, Titan. Implications for exotic biochemistries...? http://bit.ly/fVUU0
@LeeBillings | November 11, 2009 06:00 PM
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View All Titan Moon Questions (291) | Ask a QuestionWere the moon landings a fake? (3 Answers)They were not fake. We landed on the moon 6 times, which I consider to be way too few. Mythbusters even did an episode confirming or busting the usually claimed ... read moreHow many moons does Mars have? (1 Answer)Our red neighbor Mars has two moons called Phobos and Deimos. They are very small - Phobos is 22 km and Deimos is 12.6 km in diameter and they are ... read moreHow many moons does Venus have? (1 Answer)0 as the earth is the only planet with a natural sattelite, what we call the moon read moreWill the moon be colonized? How will territorities be defined on the moon? (1 Answer)The presence of water makes colonizing the moon a good possibility. It's proximity to Earth makes it much easier to colonize than Mars. It'll be very expensive to colonize and ... read more
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3 most likely candidates for life in solar system besides Earth r planet Mars, the Jovian moon Europa, and Saturn's moon Titan.
@kuppilidivya | November 14, 2009 06:14 AM -
Saturn's moon Titan displays a detached http://bit.ly/3TOCUa
@NASASTS_128 | November 14, 2009 05:49 AM -
Saturn's Moon: Titan, Habitable? http://cli.gs/aEaHD #Living #moon #NASA #outer #saturn #Science #space #titan #Video #water
@TheKatyCapsule | November 12, 2009 07:16 PM -
Daily Image Release: Titan's Halo: Saturn's moon Titan displays a detached, high-altitude global haze layer whi.. http://bit.ly/1N1lLb
@toomanytribbles | November 12, 2009 03:54 PM -
New estimates of the chemical composition of lakes on Saturn's moon, Titan. Implications for exotic biochemistries...? http://bit.ly/fVUU0
@LeeBillings | November 11, 2009 06:00 PM
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Titan Unveiled: Saturn's Mysterious Moon Explored - $29.95
In the early 1980s, when the two Voyager spacecraft skimmed past Titan, Saturn's largest moon, they transmitted back enticing images of a mysterious world concealed in a seemingly impenetrable orange haze. Titan Unveiled is one of th...
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