Liquid Methane spotted on Titan-Moon of Saturn
- Scientists on April 15thprovided the most comprehensive look to date of one of the solar system’s most exotic features: prime lakeside property in the northern polar region of Saturn’s moon Titan.
Key Findings
- Using data obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft before that mission ended in 2017 with a deliberate plunge into Saturn, the scientists found that some of frigid Titan’s lakes of liquid hydrocarbons in this region are surprisingly deep while others may be shallow and seasonal.
- Titan and Earth are the solar system’s two places with standing bodies of liquid on the surface. Titan, with a diameter of 5,150 km, ....
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