Saturn's Titan Moon Much Like Earth With Lakes, Winds, Etc.

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  1. Babs Hunt

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    Titan is made up of mostly ice and rocky material. It's pretty much a rocky core surrounded by several layers of ice. including a subsurface layer of ammonia-rich liquid water. Its surface includes rivers, lakes, and seas.

    Of the 150 known moons in the Solar System, Titan is the only one with a substantial atmosphere.
     
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    BBBBut, I’m a southern guy and at about -290 degrees Fahrenheit, I don’t think I’d like living there. Trying to maintain a suntan might be brutal.

    There is one quality though. Even though it would take somewhere around 3-4 years to get there, Saturn takes around 29+ of our years to make it’s orbit around the sun and Titan takes 15+ of our days to orbit Saturn. Either way, that’s a long time between birthday celebrations!
     
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    Poor Bobby. He doesn't look a day over 2....
     
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    I have spent enough time being dizzy and cold.
     
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    Why, if we’re going by Saturn’s orbit around Sol, I’m almost 2 1/2 years old now. :).
     
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    The Terrible Twos, huh?

    Just out of diapers and then right back into them. Where does the time go???
     
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