Scientists at the French National Centre for Scientific Research in Paris have published findings in Nature Geoscience that has challenged assumptions about the moon Titan, one of Saturn’s sixty moons and a focus of scientists because of the presence of an atmosphere and potential for life. Benjamin Charnay and Sébastien Lebonnois created a computer model that simulates the atmosphere on Titan and the model yielded some interesting results showing that the moon has two different boundary layers and the lower produces methane clouds, dune movement on the surface and wind patterns.
Titan is twice the size of our moon, but it is nine times farther away from the sun. That makes it a bit chilly. Just around -180°C to be precise. The scientists found that the lower atmosphere does have some heat even at the far distance from the sun due to the atmospheric operations. At -180°C, however, you may still want to bundle up and remember: layers.
