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 May 5 2006, 01:11 PM
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The color images taken by the Huygens probe during its descent reveal a major contrast between a dark area apparently made up of wet sand and white and bright elevated terrain composed of multiple channels. I have the feeling that those white and bright hills consist of ice.What kind of ice? perhaps water ice, or a mixture of hydrocarbon molecules, methane or ethane for instance.
And if it's really composed of ice, it's not forbidden to think that the channels on its edges are fractures rather than rivers, especially if those ice blocks or "icebergs" are moving on the wet sand. Regarding Titan meteorology, if the hypothesis is correct, it's likely that this supposed ice can evaporate and form clouds.And then, it can rain or snow depending on the environmental temperature. http://www.titanexploration.com |
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 Jun 5 2006, 04:45 PM
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Webscientist Icebergs on Titan? May 5 2006, 01:11 PM
angel1801 I remember that all hydrocarbons are soluble in ea... May 5 2006, 02:44 PM
kwp QUOTE (angel1801 @ May 5 2006, 06:44 AM) ... May 5 2006, 03:34 PM volcanopele And if faculae are composed of water ice, presumab... May 5 2006, 04:08 PM BruceMoomaw Also, there's no way that water ice is ever go... May 5 2006, 09:31 PM Greg Hullender More generally, since solid hydrocarbons are dense... May 6 2006, 05:39 AM Richard Trigaux The most common theory is that the overal crust of... May 6 2006, 06:50 AM Greg Hullender Actually, when I say "ice" here I mean f... May 6 2006, 02:42 PM Richard Trigaux Greg,
there was already discutions on other Titan... May 7 2006, 06:49 AM BruceMoomaw While there's still a knock-down fight over wh... May 7 2006, 01:05 PM Greg Hullender Great article! Thanks for the link.
I gather... May 8 2006, 03:13 AM Richard Trigaux QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ May 8 2006, 03:13... May 8 2006, 06:24 AM ugordan QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ May 8 2006, 04:13... May 8 2006, 07:51 AM BruceMoomaw The H2 does indeed escape into space -- if the art... May 8 2006, 05:29 AM The Messenger If the clouds are disappearing as the southern hem... May 8 2006, 02:44 PM Olvegg Considering the rate of ethane production - 1 km f... May 9 2006, 08:24 AM BruceMoomaw The clouds are not the smog of other organic compo... May 9 2006, 12:04 PM Richard Trigaux Bruce, with your theory of rare condensation nucle... May 9 2006, 03:34 PM scalbers Greetings,
In addition to the idea about condensa... May 9 2006, 04:30 PM Richard Trigaux QUOTE (scalbers @ May 9 2006, 04:30 PM) .... May 9 2006, 06:26 PM BruceMoomaw QUOTE (scalbers @ May 9 2006, 04:30 PM) G... May 10 2006, 03:08 AM The Messenger I wonder if we should be looking at Titan like an ... May 10 2006, 04:26 AM Richard Trigaux QUOTE (The Messenger @ May 10 2006, 04:26... May 10 2006, 07:32 AM angel1801 There is some good news about Titan's darkened... May 10 2006, 01:32 PM |
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