Comments on: Titanâ€™s Hydrocarbon 'Sand' Dunes

By: jerry

jerry — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:41:59 +0000

The often repeated claim that the dunes of Titan are organic is based upon the fact that they are not primarily water, and are assumed to have a bulk density of < 1. It is better to say the compostion is unknown – we really do not know what those dunes are made of.

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At midday, the Sunlight on Titan is brighter than a full moon, and even during many of the nights there is dim lighting through 'Saturn shine."

By: jerry

jerry — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:38:29 +0000

The often repeated claim that the dunes of Titan are organic is based upon the fact that they are not primarily water, and are assumed to have a bulk density of a full moon, and even during many of the nights there is dim lighting through 'Saturn shine."

By: LLDIAZ

LLDIAZ — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:32:48 +0000

I'm sorry but I would'nt want to live next to an ocean of gas

By: Paul Freedman

Paul Freedman — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:34:34 +0000

@shepard:

At -180 degrees C, a colony wouldn't be very viable, besides the fact that's it's almost compeltely dark to the human eye there.

@Bigdon:

No snow is not an analogy, because snow sublimates from gas form to become solid.

By: BigDon

BigDon — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:40:16 +0000

Wouldn't a more accurate analogy be snow? It's formed more of the same way. And it does blow around it drifts as well.

By: Shepard

Shepard — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:15:15 +0000

I always knew that "Titan" would be just like Earth.
I wonder if we can build a colony there?