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Title: Titan is shaping up like Pre-Earth
Post by: Naru523 on August 26, 2009, 07:39:15 PM

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/08/06/titan-shaping-up-to-look-a-lot-like-pre-life-earth/#more-36850

Awesome.

Title: Re: Titan is shaping up like Pre-Earth
Post by: Magnetar on August 27, 2009, 01:04:56 PM

What I ask myself if it is possible to get a good climate on titan. Since you are also getting times in which the planet is only covered by the shadow of jupiter.

Title: Re: Titan is shaping up like Pre-Earth
Post by: witold on August 27, 2009, 02:17:01 PM

Quote from: Magnetar on August 27, 2009, 01:04:56 PM

Since you are also getting times in which the planet is only covered by the shadow of jupiter.

Its a moon and Saturn moon

Title: Re: Titan is shaping up like Pre-Earth
Post by: Magnetar on August 27, 2009, 03:54:36 PM

Quote from: witold on August 27, 2009, 02:17:01 PM

Quote from: Magnetar on August 27, 2009, 01:04:56 PM

Since you are also getting times in which the planet is only covered by the shadow of jupiter.

Its a moon and Saturn moon

Damn it.
Though both are gas giants.  :D

Title: Re: Titan is shaping up like Pre-Earth
Post by: hbmp88 on August 27, 2009, 04:53:25 PM

LOL common mistake. Too many moons to remember.

Title: Re: Titan is shaping up like Pre-Earth
Post by: Naru523 on September 04, 2009, 10:32:05 PM

Luna, Deimos, Phobos, Io, Europa, Callisto, Ganymede, Koma, Sunar, Titan, Mimas, Garspan, Gusgus... wait WHAT!?

Title: Re: Titan is shaping up like Pre-Earth
Post by: atomic7732 on September 05, 2009, 09:47:34 AM

MAJOR MOONS note, I just threw in the inner most irregular moon of Juypiter, and Pheobe, is a large outer moon of Saturn.

Moons in odd orbits

Earth: Luna
Mars: Phobos, Diemos
Jupiter: Metis, Adrstea, Amalthea, Thebe, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Themisto
Saturn: Pan, Daphnis, Atlas, Prometheus, Pandora, Epimetheus, Janus, Aegeon, Mimas, Methone, Anthe, Pallene, Enceladus, Tethys, Telesto, Calypso, Dione, Helene, Polydueces, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, Iapetus, Phoebe
Uranus: to be added later
Neptune (ALL): Naiad, Thallassa, Despina, Galatea, Larrissa, Proteus, Triton, Neried, Halimede, Laomedia, Sao, Psamathe, Neso

Title: Re: Titan is shaping up like Pre-Earth
Post by: Magnetar on September 05, 2009, 11:48:47 AM

Thanks for listing the moons, but I think I can find these almost everytime on wikipedia.
Overall it's also sort of factual based knowledge, which I think is not so important and interesting.  What's more interesting are imo the systems and the differences between them. It's more important to know the difference between Titan and Europa and that both moons have the possibility to develope/harbour conditions for life. It's sort of like knowing the cultural difference between a Chinese and a Japanese, instead of just knowing that one is from Japan and the other one from China, since it's the culture giving these two persons an identity and not the name of their country.