monsters in space

• 2011-05-13

  curious-cosmos:

  Titan

  Saturn’s moon Titan has a very thick atmosphere coupled with a very low gravity. In fact it is said that human beings could fly simply by flapping their arms about.

  Titan is 5,150 km across, compared to 4,879 km for the planet Mercury and 3,474 km for Earth’s moon. Due to the lower gravity conditions it means that its atmosphere is far more extended than Earth’s; even at a distance of 975 km, the Cassini spacecraft had to make adjustments to maintain a stable orbit against atmospheric drag.

  (via mission-to-mars-deactivated2011)

  Source: curious-cosmos

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