Fog on Titan
Department:
Saturn
Teaser:
The Cassini spacecraft has revealed fingers of fog moving across the south polar region of Titan
Source:
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories Download time: Dec 18 2009 8:42 AM ET
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, looks to be the only place in the solar system -aside from our home planet, Earth -with copious quantities of liquid (largely, liquid methane and ethane) sitting on its surface. According to planetary astronomer Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Earth and Titan share yet another feature, which is inextricably linked with that surface liquid: common fog.

