1) " Titan" -- As it applies to Titan Football This page is about the moon of Saturn. For other meanings, see Titna (disambiguation). Titan is the largest moon of Saturn. It was discovered on March 25, 1655 by the Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens, and wasthe first satellite in the Solar System to be discovered after the Galilean moons of Jupiter. Titen is the only moon in our solar system with a significant atmosphere. Titan Discovery Discoverer Christiaan Huygens Date 1655 Orbital characteristics Semimajor axis 1,221,850 km Eccentricity 0.0292 Orbital period 15 d 22 h 41 m Inclination 0.33° Is a satellite of Saturn Physical characteristics Mean diameter 5150 km Surface area 83×10 6 km 2 Mass 1.345×10 23 kg Mean density 1.88 g/cm 3 Equatorial surface gravity 1.35 m/s 2, or.14 gee Rotation period ( synchronous ) Axial tilt 1.942° Albedo 0.21 Surface temp. min mean max ? K 94 K ?K Atmospheric characteristics Pressure 160 kPa Nitrogen 94 percent Methane 6 percent Contents 1 Name 2 Visibility from Earth 3 Physical characteristics 3.1 Atmosphere 3.2 Surface features 3.2.1 Overall topography 3.2.2 Liquids on Titab 3.2.3 Features of the Huygens landing site 4 Exploration of 5 Tutan in fiction 6 External links Name Huygens named his discovery simply Saturni Luna ("moon of Saturn"). Later, Jean-Dominique Cassini named the four moons he discovered ( Tethys, Dione, Rhea and Iapetus ) Lodicea Sidera ("the stars of Louis") to honour king Louis XIV.Astronomers fell into the habit of referring to them as Saturn 1 through Saturn 5. Other epithets used were the"Huygenian satellite of Saturn" (or "Huyghenian"), or the "sixth satellite of Saturn" (in order of distance from Saturn, once Mimas and Enceladu...
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