Interesting facts
  • Titan, Saturn’s largest natural satellite, is larger than the planet Mercury (although it has less mass).
  • Titan is the only moon in our solar system with a thick atmosphere.
  • Titan is also the only object other than Earth known to have pools of liquid on its surface.  However, Titan’s lakes contain liquid methane, not water.
  • Titan is the most distant body upon which humankind has landed a surface probe.

You can view these links to learn more about Titan and the other moons of Saturn:
The Titan image on this page was taken in 2013 by the Cassini probe, and is courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute.
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