Science: Cassini Encounters Titan's Methane Clouds

Society | July 9, 2004, Friday // 00:00

The Cassini-Huygens probe has seen the methane clouds of Saturn's biggest moonTitan.

The spacecraft used its instruments to peer through the haze of the moon's atmosphere to detect surface features in unprecedented detail. The images indicate there has been geologic activity of some kind on Titan.

Cassini flew to within 350,000km of the moon, the first of more than 40 visits it will make in the next four years.

The most prominent feature seen was a region of cumulus-like cloud near the south pole, which scientists say was about 450km across and about 15km above the surface. The Cassini data indicates the clouds are probably made from hydrocarbons, and may be associated with a ground feature.

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