Monday, 25 January 2021

Titan miracle

The second largest moon in the solar system is called 'Titan'. It orbits Saturn and is the largest moon in the Saturn system. If you were to stand on the surface of Titan, you wouldn't need a space suit because it has a Nitrogen atmosphere that is thicker than Earth's, all you would need is very warm clothing and a resperator. If Titan wasn't orbiting Saturn, it would be called a planet. Titan has seas or large lakes made of Methane and Ethane, chemicals that are gasses here on Earth. It has rivers and coastlines and beaches formed by liquid hydrocarbons. Titan was able to keep an atmosphere because it is inside Saturn's magnetic field so the solar wind was deflected away. 

I wonder if many people know that Saturn's largest moon 'Titan' exists and why it is so special. People know a lot of things, they know statements made by politicians from 15 years ago, they know who is married to their favourite singer and the lyrics to all their songs. Isn't it more amazing that there is a moon that has seas of liquid Methane, Methane rain, mountains and valleys carved by flowing Methane and even a thick atmosphere that is 50% thicker than here on Earth?

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