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The liquid found on the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is primarily composed of methane and ethane. These hydrocarbons exist in liquid form due to Titan's extremely low temperatures, which can drop to about -290 degrees Fahrenheit (-179 degrees Celsius). Methane lakes and rivers have been observed on Titan, making it a unique and intriguing environment in our solar system.

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Does Titan-Saturns satellite- contain liquid water beneath the surface?

Yes, Titan is believed to have a subsurface ocean of liquid water beneath its icy crust. Evidence from Cassini mission suggests that there may be an underground liquid-water ocean near the south pole of Titan.


Does Saturn's satellite Titan contain water?

Yes, Titan has liquid methane and ethane lakes on its surface, but not liquid water due to its low temperatures (-290 degrees Fahrenheit). Water exists on Titan as ice in its crust and possibly in subsurface oceans.


If Titan is -180 degrees Celsius how can it have liquid on its surface?

The liquids on Titan are not "water", but liquid gases. The temperature there is so cold that gases like methane (boiling point -161.6 °C) are liquids. In fact, a little colder (-182.5 °C) and you can have solid methane and ethane (-181.8 °C).Titan is expected to have all three phases of methane : solid, liquid, and gas, depending on the particular ambient temperature.


Is the moon titan like earth?

It has some Earthlike characteristics. It has the most Earthlike atmosphere of any object in the solar system, which is 98% nitrogen and 1.4% methane. Compare this to Earth's 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen. All other dense atmosphere in the solar system are either mostly hydrogen or mostly carbon dioxide. Titan is also the only object apart from Earth to have stable liquid on its surface, featuring lakes and rivers of liquid methane.


Does Titan have lakes?

Yes, Titan, one of Saturn's moons, has lakes, but they are not filled with water like on Earth. Instead, the lakes on Titan are composed of liquid methane and ethane. These hydrocarbons create a unique and methane-filled environment on the moon.

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Does titan contain liquid below the surface?

Saturn's moon Titan has liquid methane on and presumably below the surface.


What is rain on titan made of?

Rain on Titan is believed to be composed of liquid methane or ethane due to the frigid conditions on the surface of the moon. These hydrocarbons condense into clouds in Titan's thick atmosphere and eventually rain down onto the surface in liquid form.


Is there water on saturns moon titan?

Yes, but not liquid water. The surface of Titan is made mostly of ice. It also has lakes and rivers of liquid methane.


Are there any surface liquids on titan or venus?

There are no liquids present on the surface of Venus. However, the appear to be lakes, seas, asn streams of liquid methane on the surface of Titan.


Does lakes of methane exist on moon Titan?

Yes, lakes of methane and ethane have been found on Saturn's moon Titan. These lakes are primarily made up of liquid hydrocarbons due to the extremely cold temperatures on Titan's surface. The presence of such lakes makes Titan the only other known celestial body in our solar system with stable liquid bodies on its surface besides Earth.


Who discoveredTitan the largest moon of Saturn?

Titan was discovered in 1655 by astronomer Christiaan Huygens. Titan is the only object other than Earth that has clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid have been found.


Surface Tension is found in what?

Surface tension is found in liquids and it is the result of the cohesive forces between the molecules at the surface of the liquid. This creates a "skin" on the surface of the liquid that resists external forces.


Where is titan?

Titan is the largest moon of Saturn, the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere and the only object other than Earth for which clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid has been found.


Does Titan-Saturns satellite- contain liquid water beneath the surface?

Yes, Titan is believed to have a subsurface ocean of liquid water beneath its icy crust. Evidence from Cassini mission suggests that there may be an underground liquid-water ocean near the south pole of Titan.


What moon shows evidence of rainfall and erosion by some liquid substance?

Titan, a moon of Saturn, shows evidence of rainfall and erosion by liquid methane and ethane. The Huygens probe, which landed on Titan in 2005, provided valuable data indicating the presence of rivers, lakes, and even rainfall on the moon's surface. This makes Titan the only known celestial body, aside from Earth, to have stable bodies of liquid on its surface.


Does the moon have liqud on the surface?

No. There is nothing liquid on the surface of the moon. The only objects in the solar system that have lasting liquid bodies on their surfaces are Earth and Titan, one of the moons of Saturn.


Is titan the only moon known to hold liquid water?

Titan has no liquid water, it is too cold. But it does have oceans of methane. On Earth the temperature is way to hot for methane to be in liquid state. But on the cold surface of Titan the temperature and atmospheric pressure is just right for methane to exist in liquid form.Similar to how the temperature on Earth is just right for water to exist in liquid form.