The TITAN MOON

 The TITAN MOON

    Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the second largest moon in our solar system. If it did not revolve around Saturn, it would be considered a planet because it is bigger than Mercury. Titan is surrounded by a dense atmosphere, so it is considered to be the early Earth.

Physical Properties:

Diameter: 5,149.4 km

Mass: 10^23 × 1.35 kg

Orbit: Saturn

Orbital distance: 1,221,865 km

Orbital length: 15.9 days

Surface temperature: 179-C

Date of Discovery: 25 March 1655 AD

Discovered by: Dutchman Christian Huygens

Facts about Titan:

    Titan's diameter is 50 percent larger than Earth's Moon, which makes it one of the largest natural planets in the Solar System. A defining feature of Titan is its dense and dusty atmosphere. Its atmosphere consists of clouds of methane and ethane and thick organic smoke with high concentrations of nitrogen. It was discovered by a Dutchman Christian Huygens in 1655 AD. It is named after the Titans, a Greek mythological character who was the brother or sister of the Greek god Cronus.

    Titan's interior is rocky with a layer of water ice. Liquid hydrocarbon lakes and ice volcanoes (cryovolcanoes (ice volcanoes)) are found on its surface. These icebergs are divided into dark and bright areas, which is evidence of craters formed by the impact of the meteorite. Titan is thought to consist of several surfaces. Which includes a rocky core surrounded by crystalline ice. It may be that the core is still hot with layers of liquid water and ammonia.

    The axial rotation period of other moons, Titan, is also equal to the orbital period around its own planet. This means that it completes a revolution around its axis in as much time as it takes to complete an orbit around Saturn. Like other moons, the impact of larger meteorites on its surface has affected its orbit. Many spacecraft have taken pictures of Titan, but only one spacecraft Huygens lander (Huygens lander) landed on its surface on January 14, 2005 AD and continued to send material for about an hour. This is the farthest landing of a spacecraft in the solar system.