Inside Titan
July 10, 2012
This artist’s concept shows a possible scenario for the internal structure of Titan, as suggested by data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Scientists have been trying to determine what is under Titan’s organic-rich atmosphere and icy crust. Data from the radio science experiment make the strongest case yet for a global subsurface ocean, sitting above a subsurface layer of high-pressure ice and a water-infused silicate core.
Credit: A. Tavani
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Environment, Technology Internet, Moons of Jupiter, Titan, Moons of Saturn, Titan This artist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cassini–Huygens timeline, Huygens probe, Io, Cassini–Huygens
