Titan
CategoryMoon of Saturn
SystemSolar System
Diameter5150 km
Orbital Period16 days
About Titan
The only moon with a dense atmosphere, 50 percent thicker than Earths. Surface temperature is -179C. Has lakes and rivers of liquid methane and ethane. The Cassini-Huygens mission landed a probe on its surface in 2005. Could potentially harbor exotic life forms in its methane lakes. The second largest moon in the solar system.
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