Titan

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moon natural satellite satellite of Saturn

Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and one of the most intriguing bodies in the Solar System, known for its dense nitrogen-rich atmosphere and hydrocarbon lakes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Atlas 2

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
satellite of Saturn ⓘ
atmosphere nitrogen-rich ⓘ
atmosphericPressure_surface_bar 1.45 ⓘ
color orange-brown haze ⓘ
diameter_km 5149.46 ⓘ
discoveredBy Christiaan Huygens ⓘ
discoveryDate 1655-03-25 ⓘ
DragonflyArrivalPlanned 2030s ⓘ
DragonflyLaunchPlanned 2028 ⓘ
eccentricity 0.0288 ⓘ
escapeVelocity_km_s 2.639 ⓘ
exploredBy Cassini–Huygens ⓘ
Voyager 1 ⓘ
Voyager 2 ⓘ
futureMissionPlanned Dragonfly ⓘ
hasAtmosphere true ⓘ
hasClouds methane clouds ⓘ
hasDunes hydrocarbon sand dunes ⓘ
hasHydrocarbonLakes true ⓘ
hasHydrocarbonSeas true ⓘ
hasSurfaceLiquid true ⓘ
hasThickAtmosphere true ⓘ
hasWeather methane rain ⓘ
inclination_deg 0.34854 ⓘ
isLargestMoonOf Saturn ⓘ
landedOnBy Cassini–Huygens ⓘ
surface form: Huygens probe
landingDate_Huygens 2005-01-14 ⓘ
largerThan planet Mercury ⓘ
majorSea Kraken Mare ⓘ
Ligeia Mare ⓘ
Punga Mare ⓘ
mass_kg 1.3452e23 ⓘ
meanRadius_km 2574.73 ⓘ
meanSurfaceTemperature_K 93.7 ⓘ
namedAfter Titans of Greek mythology ⓘ
onlyMoonWithDenseAtmosphere true ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days 15.945 ⓘ
orbits Saturn ⓘ
partOf Saturn ⓘ
surface form: Saturn system

Solar System ⓘ
possibleSubsurfaceOcean water-ammonia ⓘ
potentialForPrebioticChemistry high ⓘ
primaryAtmosphericConstituent nitrogen ⓘ
rankBySizeInSolarSystem second-largest moon ⓘ
rotationalState tidally locked ⓘ
rotationPeriod_days 15.945 ⓘ
secondaryAtmosphericConstituent methane ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km 1221870 ⓘ
surfaceComposition organic compounds ⓘ
water ice ⓘ
surfaceGravity_m_s2 1.352 ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Imaging Science System
Kraken Mare → celestialBody → Titan ⓘ
Ligeia Mare → celestialBody → Titan ⓘ
M45 → containsStar → Titan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas
this entity surface form: Atlas
Saturn → hasLargestMoon → Titan ⓘ
Saturn → hasMajorMoon → Titan ⓘ
Kraken Mare → locatedOn → Titan ⓘ
Ligeia Mare → locatedOn → Titan ⓘ
Punga Mare → locatedOn → Titan ⓘ
Sterope → parentType → Titan ⓘ
Hyperion → resonanceWith → Titan ⓘ
Cassini–Huygens → target → Titan ⓘ
Dragonfly → target → Titan ⓘ