--- title: "\"Titan\" is a satellite of which planet?" description: "\"Titan\" is a satellite of which planet?" author: "UTKARSHA SINGHROUL" published: 2019-03-17 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51875/titan-is-a-satellite-of-which-planet category: "general knowledge" tags: ["general knowledge", "space shuttle"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # "Titan" is a satellite of which planet? "[Titan](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/102531/how-does-google-s-titan-security-key-enhance-online-security)" is a [satellite](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/333321/satellite-communication-enabling-global-connectivity-from-space) of which planet? ## Answers ### Answer by Harshal Vispute **Titan**, **Saturn's largest moon**, is an **icy** world with a **golden hazy atmosphere** that entirely obscures its surface. Titan is our solar system's **second-largest [moon](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/92981/why-people-buy-land-on-moon)**. Only **Jupiter's moon Ganymede is slightly larger**, by **2%. Titan is larger than the moon of Earth** and even larger than the **planet [Mercury](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51944/what-is-the-maximum-temperature-measured-by-a-mercury-thermometer)**. Titan's atmosphere contains mostly **nitrogen with a minor quantity of methane**, just like **Earth's**. It is the only other planet in the solar system known to have an **earthlike water cycle, with liquids pouring from clouds, flowing across its surface, filling lakes and seas, and evaporating back into the sky (like Earth's water cycle does)**. Titan is likewise considered to have a water ocean beneath its surface. !['Titan' is a satellite of which planet?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/0b89fb33-c049-432f-bc57-a018218ddb7d/images/81d23042-a48a-4c00-ac15-a65641075378.jpeg) **Titan** is roughly **half the size of Earth's moon**, with **a radius of around 1,600 miles (2,575 kilometres). Titan is 759,000 miles (1.2 million kilometres) away from Saturn, which is 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometres)** away from the **Sun, or 9.5 astronomical units (AU)**. The distance between **the Earth and the Sun is one AU**. The Sun's light takes roughly **80 minutes to reach Titan**, and the sunlight is around **100 times fainter there than on Earth** due to the distance. Titan completes **a full orbit of Saturn in 15 days and 22 hours**. Titan is also tidally locked in synchronous rotation with **Saturn**, which means that, like **the Earth's Moon, Titan** always faces Saturn as it orbits. Saturn orbits **the Sun in around 29 Earth years (a Saturnian year)**, and its axis of rotation is tilted similarly to Earth's, resulting in seasons. Titan's surface is one of the most **Earth-like places in the solar system**, yet it is much **colder** and has a different **chemical**. **The air pressure on Titan's surface is roughly 60% higher than on [Earth](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51991/which-metal-is-most-abundant-in-the-earth-s-crust).** \ --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51875/titan-is-a-satellite-of-which-planet Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.