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Earlier today, I brought you to Jupiter's moon Europa, which is a scientifically very interesting moon with tremendous possibilities... As a result of that video, I am going to stretch things a bit and take you on a virtual voyage to Saturn's Moon Titan, which was visited by the Cassini Space Craft/Probe and the Huygens Lander, which physically landed on Titan... This science video is a bit longer than I usually post, but it is, by far, one of the best science videos on the subject of TITAN...and I highly recommend it! We now know so much more about this Moon than we ever would have if it weren't for Cassini and Huygens....
Background Info:
"Huygens was an atmospheric entry ESA robotic space probe that landed successfully on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005. Built and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), it was part of the Cassini–Huygens mission and became the first spacecraft to land on Titan and the farthest landing from Earth a spacecraft has ever made. The probe was named after the 17th-century Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens, who discovered Titan in 1655." Read more at Wikipedia.com
We have found vast lakes of Methane that are just like the lakes of water here on Earth, we have seen islands, rivers, and more... I recommend that if you have the time and scientific interest, to watch and listen to this video, FULL SCREEN with sound up... It will be well worth your time...
Kerry
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Background Info:
"Huygens was an atmospheric entry ESA robotic space probe that landed successfully on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005. Built and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), it was part of the Cassini–Huygens mission and became the first spacecraft to land on Titan and the farthest landing from Earth a spacecraft has ever made. The probe was named after the 17th-century Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens, who discovered Titan in 1655." Read more at Wikipedia.com
We have found vast lakes of Methane that are just like the lakes of water here on Earth, we have seen islands, rivers, and more... I recommend that if you have the time and scientific interest, to watch and listen to this video, FULL SCREEN with sound up... It will be well worth your time...
Kerry
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Sgt (Join to see) thank you for sharing, I had no clue Brother Kerry, what a fascinating turn of sequences. I had no clue anything has visited those planets. Great share!
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It is I who thank you, SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL for accepting my call to check this out... There is so much that we know today, that we didn't know just a few years back... I also shared a video on Jupiter's Moon Europa, which has a similar scientific interest... Have an awesome day, my friend...
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL - I love science, especially Physics and Astronomy...so will do, my friend...
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Indeed, Chip... That hue is caused by the Nitrogen and Methane in Titan's atmosphere...
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Interesting share Sgt. Harkins, Titan may seem similar to earth, but falls short as there is no atmosphere, and is extremely cold, still very interesting though.
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Thank you for your comments, Thomas... I like your interest...
You missed the fact that Titan has the thickest atmosphere of any of our solar system's Moons and even earth... It is a dense atmosphere some 1.9 times denser than Earth and 7.3 times more based on the moon's surface area. The surface pressure on Titan is 1.45 Atmospheres where Earth is the baseline 1.0 Atmosphere... Titan's atmosphere (its upper level Mesosphere) goes up to about 500 Kilometers above the Moon, while Earth's atmosphere (Mesosphere) only goes up to about 120 Kms..., but there is much more to their respective atmospheres... its atmosphere, however, is mostly Nitrogen (98.4%), Methane (1.4%) and Hydrogen (0.2%).
On Earth, our atmosphere contains Nitrogen (78%) of the atmosphere, oxygen (21%) and argon (0.9%). Gases like carbon dioxide, nitrous oxides, methane, and ozone are trace gases that account for about a tenth of one percent of the atmosphere. All that said, dressed appropriately and with an oxygen mask on, one could walk on Titan... LOL! There is some duality and Titan is certainly not habitable for humans directly, but neither are any of the planets in our solar system except for Earth...
As you may have observed, I kind of eat this science up... LOL!
You missed the fact that Titan has the thickest atmosphere of any of our solar system's Moons and even earth... It is a dense atmosphere some 1.9 times denser than Earth and 7.3 times more based on the moon's surface area. The surface pressure on Titan is 1.45 Atmospheres where Earth is the baseline 1.0 Atmosphere... Titan's atmosphere (its upper level Mesosphere) goes up to about 500 Kilometers above the Moon, while Earth's atmosphere (Mesosphere) only goes up to about 120 Kms..., but there is much more to their respective atmospheres... its atmosphere, however, is mostly Nitrogen (98.4%), Methane (1.4%) and Hydrogen (0.2%).
On Earth, our atmosphere contains Nitrogen (78%) of the atmosphere, oxygen (21%) and argon (0.9%). Gases like carbon dioxide, nitrous oxides, methane, and ozone are trace gases that account for about a tenth of one percent of the atmosphere. All that said, dressed appropriately and with an oxygen mask on, one could walk on Titan... LOL! There is some duality and Titan is certainly not habitable for humans directly, but neither are any of the planets in our solar system except for Earth...
As you may have observed, I kind of eat this science up... LOL!
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