Moon
Titan
Largest moon of Saturn
A world of methane lakes
Titan is the only moon with a thick atmosphere and the only body besides Earth known to have stable surface liquids — lakes and seas of liquid methane and ethane.
Key facts
Distance
1,221,870 km from Saturn
Diameter
5,150 km
Orbital period
15.9 days
Discovered
1655, Huygens
Orbits
Saturn
Did you know
- ESA's Huygens probe landed on Titan in 2005.
- Its surface pressure is about 1.5 times Earth's.
- NASA's Dragonfly rotorcraft is due to arrive in the 2030s.
