Titan

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Titan
Titan2016.jpg
Titan in Orbiter 2016 with D3D9 client
Designation
Name Titan
Reference body Saturn
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch 1999.0
Semimajor axis (a) 1221971852.3956 m
Eccentricity (e) 0.0286455635677465
Inclination (i) 27.71621075°
(0.48373913369302 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) 169.1427802°
(2.95209842121588 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) 336.2491384°
(5.86865457209081 radian)
Mean longitude (L) 143.0542442°
(8.77995287671279 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius 2575000 km
Mass 1.35×1023 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod 1377959 seconds (382.766 hours)
SidRotOffset 0
Obliqutiy 0.4895
LAN 6.09808
Note *Elements given are from Titan.cfg (2005)

Titan is the largest moon of Saturn, and was introduced to Orbiter with Orbiter 2002. It is the second largest moon in the Solar System and boasts an atmosphere about 1.45 as dense as that of Earth. Titan was discovered on 25 March 1655 by w:Christiaan Huygens who named it Saturni Luna, but the name Titan was applied w:John Herschel and that name stuck.

Titan in Orbiter

Titan orbits Saturn about once every 1.6 Earth days at a distance of 10.5 Saturn diameters. It is tidally locked to Saturn, the same face toward Saturn.

See also

Titan at Wikipedia

  • Titan as viewed by Cassini on 16 December 2011.
    From Wikimedia Commons.

  • Titan's orbit (in red)
    from Wikimedia Commons.


Addons related to Titan

The Outer Planets Titan Atmosphere Enhancement Huygens

Saturn's natural satellites

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Numbered Satellites:

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