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red dog 1

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5. Titan is the only natural satellite known to have a dense atmosphere,

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 06:43 PM

Sep 2013

and the only object other than Earth for which "clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid has been found.".....Wikipedia

It's also the second-largest moon in the solar system, after Jupiter's moon, Ganymede.

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One word, plastics Riftaxe Sep 2013 #11

oooo I can hear the tinfoil hat brigade now TrogL Sep 2013 #3

Dang, they found my secret camping spot. nt Link Speed Sep 2013 #4

Titan is the only natural satellite known to have a dense atmosphere, red dog 1 Sep 2013 #5

Titan is also large enough ut oh Sep 2013 #9

Pack it in,Pack it out! Rain Mcloud Sep 2013 #7

Thanks Judy Lynn for posting. red dog 1 Sep 2013 #8

Just one word... PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #10

Alien litterbugs. DirkGently Sep 2013 #12

So our filth has spread that far now? nt Mnemosyne Sep 2013 #13

No. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2013 #24

Now we can mine it! 7962 Sep 2013 #14

Does it say "Made in China?" Jamastiene Sep 2013 #15

The pacific garbage patch is bigger than I thought! Kablooie Oct 2013 #17

So Titan is the Tupperware planet? silvershadow Oct 2013 #18

Well, u know that someone VWolf Oct 2013 #22

This guy knows. randome Oct 2013 #26

But are the Titanics clever enough to make ziplock bags? Peace Patriot Oct 2013 #19

Lol, The Titanics. NealK Oct 2013 #20

We make polypropylene from methanol seveneyes Oct 2013 #21

Wow, so our pollution has already got to the edge of solar system? Humans must be destroyed NOW! penultimate Oct 2013 #23

DuPont announces mission to Titan Nt PD Turk Oct 2013 #25

HHmm...isn't donco Oct 2013 #27

Just great. Here we are trying to avoid evil plastic, and it turns out that kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #28

Dead link. NASA.gov is gone now, too. kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #29

Oh, yeah! We'd better get used to this, unfortunately! Here's another article: Judi Lynn Oct 2013 #30

Of course. It's right next to where they make Saturns CreekDog Oct 2013 #31

isn't Titan one of the places where it is thought life could exist JI7 Oct 2013 #32