Moon
Titan
TypeMoon
Mass1.345 × 10²³ kg
Diameter5,150 km
Orbital Radius1.2 million km
Orbital Period15.95 days
Rotation Period382.68 hours
Known Moons0
Surface Gravity1.35 m/s²
Average Temp-179 °C
AtmosphereDense N2 (95%), CH4 (5%)
Discovered ByChristiaan Huygens
Discovery Year1655
About Titan
The only moon with a thick atmosphere. Has lakes and seas of liquid methane and ethane, the only surface liquids found outside Earth. Surface pressure is 1.5 times Earth. Larger than Mercury. Huygens probe landed on its surface in 2005. Dragonfly mission will explore it in the 2030s.
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