Titan
Saturn's largest moon with a thick atmosphere and liquid methane lakes on its surface.
About
Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest moon in the solar system. It is the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere and the only body besides Earth with stable surface liquid, in the form of methane and ethane lakes. Titan's thick orange haze obscures its surface from view.
Properties
Notable Facts
Titan is the only moon in the solar system with a dense atmosphere
It has lakes and seas of liquid methane and ethane on its surface
Its atmosphere is primarily nitrogen, similar to early Earth
The Huygens probe landed on Titan in 2005, the most distant landing ever achieved
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504.2 km
Diameter
1.4 d
Orbit
1789
Discovered
Mimas
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396.4 km
Diameter
0.9 d
Orbit
1789
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Tethys
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Diameter
1.9 d
Orbit
1684
Discovered
Dione
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Diameter
2.7 d
Orbit
1684
Discovered