my loneliness still comforts me

Titan: The Moon of Saturn

On this day in 1655 was discovered moon Titan of Saturn.

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is the second largest moon in the Solar System. The diameter of Titan is 5150 km, in comparison, the Earth is 12 756.28 km. In its thick atmosphere, Cassini’s infrared spectrometer has observed a huge cloud system covering the north pole of Titan. Titan is the only moon in the Solar System to possess a thick atmosphere of nitrogen (dinitrogen) and methane clouds, in which one can observe a very active weather (evaporation, cloud formation, precipitation of methane).

Saturn’s moon Titan is home to seas and lakes filled with liquid hydrocarbons. One of its liquid surfaces extends over 100 000 square kilometers, the Lake Superior one of the biggest on Earth is 82 000 square kilometers. The biggest liquid seas are situated in Titan’s highest latitudes, most being situated in the North of the 70th parallel of this cold and distant world. 

The Huygens probe successfully landed on Saturn’s largest moon Titan at about 11:30 UTC on January 14, 2005. The descent lasted two hours and 27 minutes. The probe survived another 72 minutes on the surface of Titan. This was the first - and, so far, the only - landing in the outer solar system. Huygens holds the record as the most distant landing from Earth. 

1) didn’t flinch

2) caught the ball

3) threw it back at the guy

4) responded to his “thanks bro” with a nod