Outer Worlds 2; Titan

Question 1

Why is titans atmosphere different from atmospheres in the inner solar system?

Answer 1

Has volatile elements because it is farther from the sun(CO2, Oxygen, nitrogen, methane) so it doesn’t need much energy to be geologically active.

High atmospheric pressure

Where do the atmospheres come from?
Inner; rocks melt, outgassing occurs
Outer; Evaporation/sublimation of ice (differenent ice types; water, ammonia, CO2, methane, nitrogen)

Question 2

What processes have modified titans surface?

Answer 2

Titan; modified by weather (wind and rain…deserts have lakes of methane and has sand dune), volcanism, tectonics (forms mountains), and impacts (large object bigger than the earth has to go through atmosphere….most impacts are ghost craters)

Question 3

Why is titan orange?

Answer 3

Tholin in atmosphere (dark orange hydrocarbons) constantly rains down onto surface

Methane + sunlight results in a smog…creates tholin

Question 4

Weird moment of inertia

Answer 4

0.55
Because heavier material is on outside and lighter material on inside (liquid phase of water is denser than the solid phase…ice floats on water)
Surface rotates at a different rate than the core