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Propane identified in Titan's environment
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post Sep 5 2009, 09:28 AM
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An interesting news release on the website of the Cassini Equinox Mission:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/cassinifea...feature20090904

I had noted that propane (C3H8) could also be present as a liquid on Titan. So, we have, at least, three potential candidates for pools of liquids on Titan: methane, ethane and propane.

If the data of wikipedia are correct, propane has a boiling point ( in normal, terrestrial conditons) of -42.09°C and a melting point of -187.6°C.

With environmental conditions similar to those in the landing site of the Huygens probe ( 1467hPA, -179°C), I suppose that propane can form liquid pools, as well.
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