2.a moon of the planet Saturn: the largest moon in the solar system. 3.(usu. l.c.) one of great size, strength, or influence:a titan of industry. adj. 4.(l.c.)titanic. [1400–50; late Middle English: the sun, Helios < LatinTītān< GreekTītan] ...
Titan, a moon around the planet Saturn, has the right materials for life, NASA research has shown. The US space agency's newly announced Dragonfly mission will explore the icy space object to learn if it ever did hold life. 泰坦是土星周围的一个卫星。NASA的研究显示其存在生命所需的物质。美...
In 1655, Earth astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered the largest moon of the planet, Saturn. Unofficially, the satellite became known as Saturni Luna until 1847 when English astronomer and mathematician, John Herschel renamed the moon, Titan. Titan is
Does Saturn’s largest moon,Titan, possess the necessary ingredients for life to exist? This is what arecent studypublished inAstrobiologyhopes to address as a team of international researchers led by Western University investigated if Titan, with itslakes of liquid methane and ethane, could possess...
Titan, the largest moon of Saturn and the only moon in the solar system known to have clouds and a dense atmosphere. It is the only body other than Earth that is known to currently have liquid on its surface. It was discovered telescopically in 1655 by t
Titan is the largest moon of the planet Saturn but is small compared to Earth, with a surface gravity 1/7 that of Earth. Its surface atmospheric pressure is about 1.5 times that of Earth, and the surface temperature is 95 K. The atmosphere is dominated by N2 (95%) with CH4 (5%) ...
Titan is Saturn's largest moon and the second largest in the solar system (after Ganymede of Jupiter). It is the only moon in the solar system with clouds and a dense, planet-like atmosphere. Scientists think conditions on Titan are similar to Earth's early years (the main difference is...
The Cassini spacecraft captured this color portrait of Saturn and Titan only a few minutes before the haze-enshrouded moon slipped behind the planet’s enormous bulk. Credit: NASA/JPL. Titan is said to have a similar composition to early Earth. But regardless of the particular chemistry as it...
The goal of this chapter is to give a description of Titan's interior that is consistent with the new constraints provided by the Cassini mission. As the Cassini mission proceeds into its first extended phase, the data obtained during the nominal mission suggest that Titan is at least partially...
Mythical Facts about TethysFact 1: Tethys took the side of the Titans in the War of the TitansFact 2: She raised and educated Hera, the Queen of the Olympian gods, as her step-childFact 3: A moon of the planet Saturn is named after the goddessFact 4: Her name was derived from the...