Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                 2022 May 27
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                           Titan: Moon over Saturn
      Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]JPL-Caltech, [5]Space Science Institute

   Explanation: Like Earth's moon, [6]Saturn's largest moon Titan is
   locked in synchronous rotation. [7]This mosaic of images recorded by
   the Cassini spacecraft in May of 2012 shows its anti-Saturn side, the
   side [8]always facing away from the ringed gas giant. The only moon in
   the solar system with a dense atmosphere, Titan is the only [9]solar
   system world besides Earth known to have standing bodies of liquid on
   its surface and an earthlike cycle of [10]liquid rain and evaporation.
   Its high altitude layer of atmospheric haze is evident in the Cassini
   view of the 5,000 kilometer diameter moon over Saturn's rings and cloud
   tops. [11]Near center is the dark dune-filled region known as
   [12]Shangri-La. The Cassini-delivered Huygens probe rests below and
   left of center, after the [13]most distant landing for a spacecraft
   from Earth.

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