Dick, and Isaac Asimov, as well as legendary “Star Trek” actress Nichelle Nichols. Titan has been a setting or subject in dozens of short stories and novels by giants of science fiction including Arthur C. Titan also appeared in the film “Star Trek Nemesis,” as well as an episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Several other television shows and films feature Titan, such as the film “Gattaca,” and the shows “Futurama” and “Eureka,” as well as the iconic anime series “Cowboy Bebop.” Dozens of video games also feature Titan, as do several comics from Marvel and DC, among others. Enterprise comes out of warp in Titan’s atmosphere in order to sneak up on the Romulan ship attacking Earth. Titan was famously featured in the 2009 film “Star Trek”-the U.S.S. The maximum diameter of Earth raindrops is about 0.25 inches (6.5 millimeters) while raindrops on Titan can reach diameters of 0.37 inches (9.5 millimeters), or about 50 percent larger than an Earth raindrop. Titan’s raindrops can also be pretty large. While Earth rain falls at about 20 miles per hour (9.2 meters per second), scientists have calculated that rain on Titan falls at about 3.5 miles per hour (1.6 meters per second), or about six times more slowly than Earth’s rain. Titan’s dense atmosphere, as well as gravity roughly equivalent to Earth’s Moon, mean that a raindrop falling through Titan’s sky would fall more slowly than on Earth. He or she would, however, need an oxygen mask and protection against the cold-temperatures at Titan’s surface are around minus 290 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 179 Celsius). Titan’s nitrogen atmosphere is so dense that a human wouldn’t need a pressure suit to walk around on the surface. Cassini's Views of Titan: False Color CompositeĪs exotic as Titan might sound, in some ways it’s one of the most hospitable worlds in the solar system.
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