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  Source credit: NASA/JPL/SSI (Cassini)

Titan: Liquid methane moon of Saturn

Titan is the largest moon of the planet Saturn. It is the only moon known in the solar system to have a dense atmosphere and bodies of liquid on its surface. The atmosphere of Titan is mostly nitrogen and its surface is composed of water ice, rocks, and rivers, lakes, and seas of liquid methane and ethane. It is believed to have a subsurface liquid water ocean as well.

NASA building a drone mission named Dragonfly to go back and fly on Titan in 2026.

For a listing of all moons, see Moons of the Planets.

Titan Stats
      1. Mass (kg)
      2. 1.35e+23
      1. Radius (km)
      2. 2,575
      1. Density (gm/cm3)
      2. 1.88
      1. Distance from planet (km)
      2. 1,221,850
      1. Rotational period (days)
      2. 15.94542
      1. Orbital period (days)
      2. 15.94542
      1. Orbital velocity (km/sec)
      2. 5.58
      1. Eccentricity of orbit
      2. 0.0292
      1. Inclination of orbit (°)
      2. 0.33
      1. Albedo
      2. 0.21
      1. Magnitude
      2. 8.28
      1. Atmosphere
      2. 98% nitrogen, 1.4% methane


    Titan Surface Map

    Titan moon surface map