Jed Baxter

Titan
Titan is a beautiful moon that orbits Saturn. Its Saturns largest moon. It was discovered by Christiaan Huygens, a famous astronomer, on March 25th, 1655. This distant moon is particularly remarkable because it has some of the essentials to support life: atmosphere, water (under the surface though) and plenty of shelter. Saturns biggest moon is also the only natural satellite known to have a dense atmosphere and the only heavenly body other than Earth known to have clear evidence of bodies of liquid. In the picture to your left, it looks like Titan is a desolate wasteland, and in some places it is. The surface of Titan looks more like the image at the bottom of the screen. Interestingly, Titan is the second biggest moon in the solar system, the biggest is Ganymede, one of Jupiters moons, which is not surprising because Jupiter is also titanic (No pun intended). I think that in the future, when space probes are more advanced, astrologists should explore Titan, for it may be easier to live on than Mars, for Mars doesnt have water. On the other hand, Titan might be too small and cold for all humans to live. Interesting Fact: the liquid on Titan is actually liquid methane, thus impossible to live off of. Still cool though. Space is an amazing place. I highly recommend you nd out more about space. What are you waiting for? Stand up, out of your seat, and learn more!

This is a view of Titans surface.

Here is a graph showing Titans inner statistics

A size comparison between Earth, Earths moon, and Titan.

Here is an artists impression of what Titans surface might look like. That geyser, a volcanic vent that shoots out water trapped below, is shooting out liquid methane, a greenhouse gas.

Bibliography
Wikipedia. (n.d.). Wikipedia. Retrieved May 8, 2012, from http://www.wikipedia.org titan - Google Search. (n.d.). Google. Retrieved May 8, 2012, from http:// www.google.com/ searchq=titan&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en &prmd= imvnszr&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=xOCp T4aXLiaiAesqryiAw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mod e&cd=2&ved=0CBcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bi h=680

Jed Baxter

Friday, 11 May 2012 12:49:19 PM Hong Kong SAR China Time

Jed Baxter

Friday, 11 May 2012 12:49:19 PM Hong Kong SAR China Time