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Official NASA Communication 91-143
Official NASA Communication 91-143
Diane Stanley
Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif.
(Phone: 415/604-9000)
RELEASE: 91-143
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Between the size of Earth's moon and Mars, Titan is the only
satellite in the solar system with a thick atmosphere. It's
atmospheric pressure is similar to Earth's - only one and one half
times greater - and it has the same primary atmospheric ingredient
- nitrogen. Also, the major greenhouse gas on each body (water on
Earth and methane on Titan) condenses on its surface.
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