Fog discovered on Saturn's largest moon, Titan
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 10:07
in Astronomy & Space
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, looks to be the only place in the solar system -- aside from our home planet, Earth -- with copious quantities of liquid (largely, liquid methane and ethane) sitting on its surface. According to a planetary astronomer Earth and Titan share yet another feature, which is inextricably linked with that surface liquid: common fog.
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