Titan Surmised

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zorg.ch #61060 by [z]Barbara Harris @ 21.12.2004 00:00 - nach oben - Titan Surmised Explanation: What does the surface of Titan look like? Thick clouds have always made Saturn's largest moon so mysterious that seemingly farfetched hypotheses like methane rain and lakes have been seriously considered. Later this week, the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn is scheduled to release its probe named Huygens that will actually attempt to land on the shrouded moon in early January. Sketched above is one educated guess of what Huygens might find. In the above depiction, orange hydrocarbons color a landscape covered with lakes and peaks of frozen methane and ammonia. For illustration purposes, the Huygens probe is drawn parachuting down with an oversized Cassini spacecraft orbiting above. Saturn, likely occluded by the clouds, is depicted looming in the distance. What will Huygens really find? Are the building blocks of life frozen onto the surface of Titan? Will the truth be stranger than we imagined? News: APOD editor to speak in January in New York Credit & Copyright zorg.ch #61073 by freiländer @ 21.12.2004 15:22 - nach oben - tami, uf kollision mitem saturn, chönt me meine zorg.ch #61076 by Nice @ 21.12.2004 15:33, edited @ 21.12.2004 15:46 - nach oben - chönnt me vo üsem mond us öppe au meine, wenn d'ärde so gross wär wie de saturn. aber zum glück flüged so mönd ja rund ume und nid quer düre. zorg.ch #61077 by domi @ 21.12.2004 15:34 - nach oben - gäbt no e schöns schauspiel zorg.ch #61078 by freiländer @ 21.12.2004 15:40 - nach oben - wär wenigstens mol spannend zorg.ch #61410 by grischa @ 22.12.2004 22:32, edited @ 22.12.2004 22:32 - nach oben - mönd flüget sehr gern uf dä eigä planet: Phobos und Deimos zum bispiel. guet, üssern mond entfernt sich mit ungefähr mit 1cm/johr. leider wird er niä ufd erdä fallä. schad.... zorg.ch #61411 by freiländer @ 22.12.2004 22:33 - nach oben - do chame sicher nohelfe