Titan
The moon with seas of methane
Saturn's largest moon is the only other world with stable liquid on its surface — but it's methane and ethane, not water. Titan has a dense atmosphere, rain, rivers and lakes.
Image: NASA / Cassini
Vital statistics
Orbits
Saturn
Gravity vs Earth
0.14 g
Diameter
5,150 km
Surface Temp
-179 °C
Atmosphere
1.5× Earth's pressure
Did you know
Larger than the planet Mercury.
Fact 01
Has a full hydrological cycle — but with methane.
Fact 02
NASA's Dragonfly drone will fly Titan's skies in the 2030s.
Fact 03
Research & publications
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arXiv (preprints)
Open-access preprints in physics & astrophysics.
NASA ADS
The definitive bibliographic database for astronomy.
Google Scholar
Cross-publisher academic search.
Nature
Peer-reviewed articles in Nature & sister journals.
Wikipedia
Encyclopedic overview & onward references.
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