my indiasite and mypeopleonearth

my indiasite and mypeopleonearth

Saturday, January 6, 2007

Lost lakes of titan are found at last

lakes of methane have been spotted on saturn's largest moon. titan. boosting the the theory that this strange, distant world bears similarities to earth according to a new study in the british weekly journal nature.
titan has long intrigued space scientists as it is the only moon in the solar system to have a dense atmos,which like earth's mainly comprises nitrogen.
titan atmos. is also rich in methane, although the source for this vast store of hyrdrocarbon is unclear.methane has a relatively limited life. a molecule of the compoun lasts several tens of millions of years before it is broken up by sunlight.
scientist believe that titan has a methane cycle a system that is like the water cycle on earth,in which the liquid evaporates,cools and condenses and then falls as rain,replenshing the ssurface liquid.

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