The most prominent feature of Titan is intriguing to scientists: organic plains
And now, that data has helped scientists put together the first global geological map of the intriguing icy moon, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy.Larger than both our own moon and the planet Mercury, Titan is unique in our solar system. It is the only moon with clouds and a dense atmosphere of nitrogen and methane, which gives it a fuzzy orange appearance.That dense atmosphere once obscured a greater understanding of Titan from view.
"People tend to know more about and study the more 'interesting' features on Titan, such as lakes ," Lopes said."The older materials, which we call hummocky, consist mostly of hills and mountains, which we think represent the icy shell or crust poke out here and there. But [they] consist of only 14% of the surface. They have largely been covered over by the organic plains and the dunes.
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