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| − | * a base that supports "a small [[gondolier]] company" | + | * '''Aria Field''', a base that supports "a small [[gondolier]] company" |
==Related Links== | ==Related Links== | ||
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| Titan | |
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| Planetary characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Orbit | 1,221,870 km from primary (Semi-major axis) |
| Diameter | 5,152±4 km |
| Surface Gravity | 0.14 g |
| Year | 15.945 days |
| Day | Synchronous with primary |
| Mean Temperature | 93.7 K |
| Atmosphere | 98.4% nitrogen, 1.6% methane, trace hydrocarbons, cyanoacetylene, hydrogen cyanide, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, cyanogen, argon and helium Surface pressure 146.7 kPa |
| Water/Ice Index | composition ~50% surface coverage ~100% |
| Political Affiliation | Fenspace Convention |
Titan, also known as "Saturn VI", was discovered on March 25, 1655, by the Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens.
The name Titan (and the names of all seven satellites of Saturn then known) come from John Herschel's 1847 publication Results of Astronomical Observations Made at the Cape of Good Hope. He suggested the names of the mythological Titans, sisters and brothers of Cronos, the Greek Saturn.
Titan is the only natural satellite with a substantial natural atmosphere in the Solar system.
Known Places on Titan
- Aria Field, a base that supports "a small gondolier company"
Related Links
Related Websites
These are sources of hard-science information and inspirational imagery for anyone who wants to write about the Saturn subsystem in Fenspace. So far, all sites are on NASA servers. Ideally, these links should be incorporated into the articles that should be written for this page, then this section deleted after the articles are posted here.
