Astronomy Fun Fact:Titan is the only moon in the solar system with a thick atmosphere surrounding it. The atmospheric pressure near Titan's surface is 60% greater than Earth at sea level. The atmospheric temperature near Titan's surface is 95K (-178 C or -288 F). As on Earth, the most abundant gas in Titan's atmosphere is nitrogen.
Remember the Voyager missions? What a thrill it was!
Be sure to click on the "Huygens probe" link to read about the mission to Titan's surface!
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The Huygens probe article is great, will be waiting for nov.6 2004 and keeping our fingers crossed that everything proceeds without any problem. Good job APOD!