Saturday, December 19, 2009

Glint of sunlight confirms liquid in Titan


Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn, along with Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, is classified as a gas giant. Together, these four planets are sometimes referred to as the Jovian, meaning "Jupiter-like", planets.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Saturn's moon Titan, confirming the presence of liquid on the part of the moon dotted with many large, lake-shaped basins.

Full story at http://astronomyforeveryone.blogspot.com/2009/12/glint-of-sunlight-confirms-liquid-in.html

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