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hello again fellow viewers. i seem to be on a role these days! i bring you another image of one of the moons in our solar system. its one of my favourites and i'm sure its also some of you guy's favourites too. its titan! the only moon in our solar system with a significant atmosphere and the moon closest in resemblance to earth and its climate. i love how this came out! i even included the blue haze around the moon too! i flattened saturn too and included saturn's other major moons:
from left to right around saturn: enceladus, mimas, dione, tethys, iapetus (off in the distance tp the right behind saturn), rhea (largest moon other than titan). so please enjoy the image and feedback is welcomed!
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Titan

name: ........................... Titan
satellite of planet: ........... Saturn
radius: ........................... 0.404 earth radii
mass: ............................ 0.0225 earth masses
average density: ............. 1.88 g/cc
surface gravity: ............... 0.14 earth gravity
rotation period: ............... tidally locked
atm. comp.: .................... nitrogen, methane, little hydrogen, traces of hydrocarbons and other carbon compounds
atm. density: .................. 1.45 earth's atmopheric density
surface temp: ................. 94 Kelvin

orbital direction: .............. prograde
orbital inclination: ............ 0.35° with respect to the saturn's equator
orbital eccentricity: .......... 0.0288
mean orbital distance: ...... 20 saturnian radii
orbital period: ................. 15.945 earth days

titan is noticebly saturn's largest moon, comprising 90% of the mass in orbit around the planet including the rings. it is the second largest moon in the solar system after jupiter's moon ganymede and it is even bigger than the planet mercury. it orbits on the same plane of the planet's rings just like most of the other major moons, and so the rings would appear edge on from titan. titan is the sixth major moon in order from saturn. it is tidally locked to saturn and so always presents the same face to the planet. titan is also the only moon in the solar system with a large dense atmosphere, and it is this atmosphere that gives the moon its orange puffy appearance, and hides its surface, similar to that of the planet venus. titan's atmosphere has a very similar composition to that of early earth's. titan has large lakes, seas and rivers of liquid hydrocarbons and is the only body other than earth to have liquids on its surface.
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comments, favs and critiques are always welcomed and appreciated!

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This Artwork is © 2013 Alpha-Element. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Description

DOWNLOAD RECOMMENDED

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hello again fellow viewers. i seem to be on a role these days! i bring you another image of one of the moons in our solar system. its one of my favourites and i'm sure its also some of you guy's favourites too. its titan! the only moon in our solar system with a significant atmosphere and the moon closest in resemblance to earth and its climate. i love how this came out! i even included the blue haze around the moon too! i flattened saturn too and included saturn's other major moons:
from left to right around saturn: enceladus, mimas, dione, tethys, iapetus (off in the distance tp the right behind saturn), rhea (largest moon other than titan). so please enjoy the image and feedback is welcomed!
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Titan

name: ........................... Titan
satellite of planet: ........... Saturn
radius: ........................... 0.404 earth radii
mass: ............................ 0.0225 earth masses
average density: ............. 1.88 g/cc
surface gravity: ............... 0.14 earth gravity
rotation period: ............... tidally locked
atm. comp.: .................... nitrogen, methane, little hydrogen, traces of hydrocarbons and other carbon compounds
atm. density: .................. 1.45 earth's atmopheric density
surface temp: ................. 94 Kelvin

orbital direction: .............. prograde
orbital inclination: ............ 0.35° with respect to the saturn's equator
orbital eccentricity: .......... 0.0288
mean orbital distance: ...... 20 saturnian radii
orbital period: ................. 15.945 earth days

titan is noticebly saturn's largest moon, comprising 90% of the mass in orbit around the planet including the rings. it is the second largest moon in the solar system after jupiter's moon ganymede and it is even bigger than the planet mercury. it orbits on the same plane of the planet's rings just like most of the other major moons, and so the rings would appear edge on from titan. titan is the sixth major moon in order from saturn. it is tidally locked to saturn and so always presents the same face to the planet. titan is also the only moon in the solar system with a large dense atmosphere, and it is this atmosphere that gives the moon its orange puffy appearance, and hides its surface, similar to that of the planet venus. titan's atmosphere has a very similar composition to that of early earth's. titan has large lakes, seas and rivers of liquid hydrocarbons and is the only body other than earth to have liquids on its surface.
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comments, favs and critiques are always welcomed and appreciated!

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This Artwork is © 2013 Alpha-Element. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.