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Titan
(S VI)
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Titanhas atmosphere composition H2 and CH4has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:32:09.0
has albedo 0.21has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:32:09.0
has rotation period 15d22h41mhas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:32:09.0
has radius R ≈ 2900 kmhas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:32:09.0
is a part of Saturn2001-09-27 09:32:09.0
has synonym S VIhas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:32:09.0
has discovery date 1655has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:32:09.0
has discoverer Huyghenshas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:32:09.0
has orbital period 15d22h41mhas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:32:09.0
has definition Seventh (known) moon out from Saturn, its largest and brightest. It is possibly also the largest satellite in the Solar System.has source: Abbot, D. 1984 Astronomers, Peter Bedrick Books, New York, 2001-09-27 09:32:09.0
is an instance of natural satellite2001-09-27 09:32:09.0
celestial bodyhas spectra2001-09-27 09:30:09.0
satelliteorbits a more massive physical object2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has approximately elliptical orbit2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has orbital inclinationhas URL: http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Space/Satellites/, has URL: http://www.bester.com/satpasses.html, has URL: http://www.tbs-satellite.com/tse/online, 2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
physical objecthas location or center of gravity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has mass2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has velocity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has material2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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