Fluffybunny Posted January 15, 2005 #51 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Whats up with all these red planets!? (In this case, moon) 450680[/snapback] Lots of Iron I would guess, but I am not sure. It is odd how much Titan looks like Mars though. Have they said what the "oceans" are made of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Manfred Posted January 15, 2005 #52 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Though has it been confirmed as liquid? If so, wouldn't that be a monumental discovery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted January 15, 2005 #53 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Look closely: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikl Posted January 15, 2005 #54 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Whats up with all these red planets!? (In this case, moon) 450680[/snapback] Well, 5% of the atmosphere is made of Methane, and also lots of other organic materials, cause it do look organe . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikl Posted January 15, 2005 #55 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Though has it been confirmed as liquid? If so, wouldn't that be a monumental discovery? 450802[/snapback] They claim it is liquid... the press conforence this morning also stated that the probe landed on something similar to "wet clay" (and that's a quote). What kind of liquid? who knows . Though I have to agree here - it is a monumental discovery . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellar Posted January 15, 2005 #56 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Did you see the IR picture of Titan? WHen I first saw it I was thinking "No way! Such a green planet! It looks like it has an atmosphere too!" Then I read that it was IR and the different colours dipicted ice and such... the colours were not the actual colours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnSide Posted January 15, 2005 #57 Share Posted January 15, 2005 If that's really liquid, then the possibility of single-celled organisms is pretty high right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikl Posted January 15, 2005 #58 Share Posted January 15, 2005 If that's really liquid, then the possibility of single-celled organisms is pretty high right? 451035[/snapback] I certainly hope so . I think Titan is much more exciting the Mars - and this mission turn out to be outstanding so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnSide Posted January 15, 2005 #59 Share Posted January 15, 2005 I agree but then again mars was pretty exciting when it was new Considering the distance between Titan and mars it's suprising to see a landscape so similar. Then again, i didn't really expect much more than rocks, although the obvious errosion of the rocks suggests the possibility of long extinct oceans all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikl Posted January 15, 2005 #60 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Again, the two planets (or should I say, planet and moon) are so similar in their color and landscape for different reasons. For Mars, it's all the iron and CO2. On Titan, it's all the methane and organic materials (the stuff they call "Tholin"). Those two cause both objects to be reddish-orange. As for the rocks - they have been determined to be actually "ice" breaks of some hydrocarbon materials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnSide Posted January 15, 2005 #61 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Even better! Craziness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Blonde Posted January 15, 2005 #62 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Definately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nim Posted January 16, 2005 #63 Share Posted January 16, 2005 v.cool pics indeed cant wait for more coloured photos and interesting place to study anyone think that there is any form of life on Titan? would be cool P.s congrats to ESA for a good job well done more photos please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien_child Posted January 17, 2005 #64 Share Posted January 17, 2005 I always thought of Titan being Earths past and Mars being Earths future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaZe Posted January 17, 2005 #65 Share Posted January 17, 2005 I can't believe I didn't see this thread sooner. That stuff is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted January 17, 2005 #66 Share Posted January 17, 2005 out of all the people i know im the only one excited about how we landed something on titan, i mean these pics are not from earth, people dont get that i dont think, these pics are from thousands of miles away on another planet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellar Posted January 18, 2005 #67 Share Posted January 18, 2005 out of all the people i know im the only one excited about how we landed something on titan, i mean these pics are not from earth, people dont get that i dont think, these pics are from thousands of miles away on another planet! Hah! I know how you feel! If I mentioned "Huygens landed on Titan" they'd think I was mispronouncing someones last name and then would ask "Who's Titan?" or "Stop talking about gayness" or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted January 18, 2005 #68 Share Posted January 18, 2005 hoygens...what is that ice cream, you mean hagan-das, someone said that to me at work, and then you got the ones thinking football whenyou say titan ie my father lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaZe Posted January 18, 2005 #69 Share Posted January 18, 2005 I don't even bother telling anyone in my home town. Noone would care, the most I'd get is a pretending to care attitude. =\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Manfred Posted January 18, 2005 #70 Share Posted January 18, 2005 How do you pronounce Huygens? I'm thinking "HEW-GENS". PS. Any new pics guys? I've been checking the ESA and NASA sites for the last couple of days with no updates... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellar Posted January 18, 2005 #71 Share Posted January 18, 2005 How do you pronounce Huygens? I'm thinking "HEW-GENS". PS. Any new pics guys? I've been checking the ESA and NASA sites for the last couple of days with no updates... 453986[/snapback] I think its pronounced High-gens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athenian Posted January 18, 2005 #72 Share Posted January 18, 2005 (edited) Huy·gens ( P ) Pronunciation Key (haigenz, hoigens), Christiaan. 1629-1695. Dutch physicist and astronomer who discovered Saturn's rings (1655), pioneered the use of pendulums in clocks (1657), and formulated Huygens' principle. Edited January 18, 2005 by Athenian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Manfred Posted January 18, 2005 #73 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanato Posted January 18, 2005 #74 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Its hard to belive isnt it, We (the human race) Landed a craft an an alien world in the outer system. Truly unbelivable. I think that we Humans will soon spread out through out the Solar system. If our Technology advances in leeps and bounds they way it has in the past few years. From what i understand the Atmospher on Titan is similar to that on Earth, because its mostly made up of Nitrogen. If that is an Ocean, of liquad Methane i wonder if there is any possibility of Life evolving in it, maybe complex life but i dout it. (by complex life im talking about small things, but not microscopic) ~Thanato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted January 19, 2005 #75 Share Posted January 19, 2005 im pretty sure it is pronounced hoy-genz (prounonce the "g" like a g and not a "j") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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