Titan Moon of Saturn
By: Alijah .S
Discovery of Titan Moon
by Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens
in 1655
us space probes
late 1900’s,
three space probes
flew towards titan moon:
pioneer 11 in 1979
voyager 1 in 1980
voyager 2 in 1981
Characteristics
Second largest satellite
Titan, at 5,150 km diameter, is the second largest moon in the Solar System and Saturn's largest.
Out of all the large moons it has less air than earth.
Titan only one with dense (surface pressure of 1.5 atm)
Cold atmosphere
Primarily of nitrogen with small fraction of methane.
Diameter of 3,200 miles
Larger than planet mercury
Roughly equal amount of rock
Water ice
Dense atmosphere about 1.5 times larger than earth
Largest moon of saturn