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TITAN

SOLAR SYSTEM / Moon of Saturn

Titan

A moon with rain and lakes

Titan is wrapped in a dense atmosphere. Beneath its haze are rivers and lakes, but their liquid is not water.

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PROFILEMoon of Saturn

A remarkable cycle

On Titan, methane can evaporate, form clouds and fall as rain. Temperatures are so low that water ice behaves like rock.

Exploring beneath the haze

Cassini and the Huygens probe revealed details of Titan’s atmosphere and surface. NASA’s Dragonfly mission is designed to explore Titan with a rotorcraft.

FACTS TO EXPLORE

ORBITAL PERIODabout 15 days 22 hours
LOCATIONMoon of Saturn

Values are rounded. AU means astronomical unit. NASA source ↗

Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute · NASA image record ↗