Titan

Moon

Saturn's largest moon, with thick clouds and lakes of liquid methane on its surface.

Facts

TypeMoon
OrbitsSaturn
Distance from parent body1,221,870 km
Diameter5,150 km
Mass1.35 × 10^23 kg
Surface gravity1.35 m/s²
Temperature-179°C
Orbital period16 days
Apparent magnitude8.4
Redshift0
Discovered1655

Titan in context

At 5,150 km across, Titan is 1.5 times the diameter of Earth's Moon.

Its mass is 2.3 percent of the mass of Earth.

It orbits Saturn at 1,221,870 km, further out than the Moon orbits Earth.

A single orbit takes 15.9 days.

An average temperature of 94 K works out at -179 degrees Celsius, colder than the 15 degrees Earth averages.

It has been on record since 1655.

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