TITAN TIDBITS

2%

Jupiter’s Ganymede is only two per cent larger, meaning there isn’t much size between the two largest moons in the Solar System

Data suggests the presence of a liquid ocean beneath Titan’s surface

Huygens holds the record for the most distant landing of a human-made probe

The ‘sand’ on Titan’s dunes is composed of dark coffee-like hydrocarbon grains

Titan is tidally locked to Saturn, meaning only one side of Titan is facing Saturn at all times

600km

Titan’s atmosphere extends about 600 kilometres (370 miles) above its surface