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Titan

The only moon with a dense nitrogen atmosphere. Its surface has lakes and seas of liquid methane and ethane, hydrocarbon rain and dunes.

TypeMoon
Parent bodySaturn
Radius2,575 km · 0.404 R⊕
Mass1.345 × 10²³ kg · 0.0225 M⊕
Mean density1.88 g/cm³
Surface gravity1.35 m/s² · 0.14 × Earth
Escape velocity2.64 km/s
Rotation periodTidally locked (always shows the same face)
Orbital radius1,221,870 km (Saturn)
Eccentricity0.029
Orbital period15.9 days
Temperature94 K (-179 °C)
Surface pressure1.45 bar
Atmosphere95% N₂, 5% CH₄

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