Open AccessCassini at Titan: the story so far
Author(s) -
Teanby Nick
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2005.46520.x
Subject(s) - titan (rocket family) , astrobiology , planet , solar system , atmosphere (unit) , geology , enceladus , sky , astronomy , meteorology , physics
Saturn's giant moon Titan is the second largest moon in the solar system and is the only planetary body, other than our Earth, to have a substantial nitrogen-based atmosphere. Many exotic chemical reactions, driven by solar radiation, result in an atmosphere awash with primitive organic compounds, which eventually rain down onto the surface. It is now just over one year into the Cassini/Huygens mi...