Surface of Titan
Scientists for the first time have made images of the surface of Saturn's giant, haze-shrouded moon, Titan. They mapped light and dark features over the surface of the satellite during nearly a complete 16-day rotation. One prominent bright area they discovered is a surface feature 2, 500 miles across (about 4025 kilometres), about the size of the continent of Australia.
Credit:UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
About the Image
About the Object
Name: | Titan |
Type: | Solar System : Planet : Satellite Solar System : Planet : Satellite : Feature : Surface : Mountain |
Category: | Solar System |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Infrared Near-IR | 900 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |