How is the temperature on the planet Titan?
Although it moves in latitude, the maximum measured temperature on Titan remains around -292 degrees Fahrenheit (-179.6 degrees Celsius, 93.6 Kelvin), with a minimum temperature at the winter pole only 6 degrees Fahrenheit (3.5 degrees Celsius or Kelvin) colder.
How long does it take to reach Titan from the Sun?
One AU is the distance from Earth to the Sun. Light from the Sun takes about 80 minutes to reach Titan; because of the distance, sunlight is about 100 times fainter at Saturn and Titan than at Earth. A 3D model of Titan, a moon of Saturn. Credit: NASA Visualization Technology Applications and Development (VTAD) › Download Options
Where is the sun directly overhead on Titan?
The latitude on Titan where the sun is directly overhead (the subsolar latitude) is indicated by a yellow star.
What makes Titan the only other place in the Solar System to have a water cycle?
It is the sole other place in the solar system known to have an earthlike cycle of liquids raining from clouds, flowing across its surface, filling lakes and seas, and evaporating back into the sky (akin to Earth’s water cycle). Titan is also thought to have a subsurface ocean of water. Size and Distance Size and Distance
What kind of climate does Titan have in the southern hemisphere?
In late 2010, the equivalent of early Spring in Titan’s northern hemisphere, a series of methane storms were observed in Titan’s equatorial desert regions. Due to the eccentricity of Saturn’s orbit, Titan is about 12% closer to the sun during the southern hemisphere summer, making southern summers shorter but hotter than northern summers.
How does the climate of Titan change with Saturn’s orbit?
Titan is tidally locked, so the same part of Titan always faces Saturn, and there is no separate “month” cycle. Seasonal change is driven by Saturn’s year: it takes Saturn about 29.5 Earth years to orbit the sun, exposing different amounts of sunlight to Titan’s northern and southern hemispheres during different parts of the Saturnian year.
How often do the surface winds on Titan occur?
Surface winds are normally low (<1 meter per second). Recent computer simulations indicate that the huge dunes of soot like material raining down from the atmosphere in the equatorial regions may instead be shaped by rare storm winds that happen only every fifteen years when Titan is in equinox.