Friday, April 3, 2009

Titan's soggy interior

Titan may look like a sphere, but radar studies by the Cassini probe show it is slightly squashed (Image: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)

The shape of Saturn's hazy moon Titan has been measured for the first time – its stout shape suggests it may hide vast amounts of liquid methane beneath its surface

Titan's squashed shape hints at soggy interior

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