Titan
largest moon of Saturn
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Summary
Titan is a moon of Saturn[1]. Titan ranks in the top 1% of moon of saturn entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,856 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Christiaan Huygens[3]
- Named after: titan[4]
- Has use: colonization of Titan[5]
- Commons category: Titan (moon)[6]
- Parent astronomical body: Saturn[7]
- Has part(s): lake of Titan[8], atmosphere of Titan[9]
- Time of discovery or invention: March 25, 1655[10]
- Highest point: Mithrim Montes[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Titan (moon)[12]
- Commons gallery: Titan (moon)[13]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.0288[14]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[15]
- Topic has template: Template:GeoTemplate/titan[16]
- Has characteristic: life on Titan[17], regular moon[18]
- Different from: Titan[19], Titania[20]
- Density: 1.8798 gram per cubic centimetre[21]
- Mass: 134.518 yottagram[22]
- Temperature: 93.7 K[23]
- Radius: 2574 km[24]
- Orbital period: 15.945421 day[25]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 1,221,870 km[26]
- Apoapsis: 1,257,060 km[27]
- Periapsis: 1,186,680 km[28]
- Albedo: 0.22[29]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[30]
Body
Influence
Things named for Titan include Titan Nunatak[31], a nunatak[32].
Why It Matters
Titan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Titan is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]
Entities named for Titan include Titan Nunatak[31], a nunatak[32].