Titan's atmosphere

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:bar
gptkbp:altitudeOfHazeLayer up to 500 km
gptkbp:block visible light
gptkbp:cause seasonal weather patterns
polar vortex
dune formation
methane storms
superrotation
surface erosion
gptkbp:clouds methane clouds
gptkbp:component nitrogen
methane
gptkbp:contains gptkb:argon
gptkb:helium
gptkb:hydrogen_cyanide
hydrogen
carbon dioxide
water vapor
ammonia
carbon monoxide
acetylene
benzene
ethane
propane
complex organic molecules
nitriles
cyanoacetylene
carbonyl sulfide
cyanide compounds
diacetylene
ethene
hydrocarbon smog
methylacetylene
organic aerosols
tholin particles
trace hydrocarbons
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Gerard_P._Kuiper
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1944
gptkbp:enables hydrocarbon lakes
methane rain
gptkbp:haze orange photochemical haze
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gptkbp:locatedOn gptkb:Titan
gptkbp:minimumPressure about 1.5 bar
gptkbp:pressureAtSurface higher than Earth's
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Cassini-Huygens_mission
gptkbp:supports methane cycle
gptkbp:temperature about 94 K
gptkbp:thickerThan gptkb:Earth's_atmosphere
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ultraviolet_Imaging_Spectrograph
gptkb:Huygens_Aerosol_Collector_and_Pyrolyser
gptkb:Huygens_Descent_Imager/Spectral_Radiometer
gptkb:Huygens_aerosol_collector_and_pyrolyzer
gptkb:Titan_Wind_Tunnel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7