Titan

Titan — moon orbiting Saturn, shown live in Cosmoscope, a real-time 3D map of the universe.

The only moon with a thick atmosphere and the only world beyond Earth with liquid on its surface — rivers, lakes and rain, but of methane.

Radius
2,574.7 km
Orbit
1,222k km from Saturn
Period
15.95 days
Atmosphere
Thicker than Earth’s
Lakes
Liquid methane seas at −179 °C
Next visitor
Dragonfly rotorcraft, 2034

Seeing Titan in real time

Cosmoscope puts Titan at its true position in the solar system, computed from JPL-derived ephemeris and updated continuously. Open the live 3D view to see, in real time, how far Titan is from the Sun and from Earth right now, how many minutes or hours light takes to cross that gap, and how fast it is moving along its orbit. Scrub the timeline to place Titan where it was on any past date, or where it will be years from now.

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