https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-seas-of-titan-deep-and-alien/ Wed, 30 Dec 2020 17:38:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-seas-of-titan-deep-and-alien/#comment-1100774 Wed, 30 Dec 2020 17:38:45 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72062#comment-1100774 “Doesn’t water ice float on liquid hydrocarbons?”
Not usually, and these seas are mostly methane, which at 438kg/m^3 at 100K is far less dense than heavier hydrocarbons and water.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-seas-of-titan-deep-and-alien/#comment-1100760 Wed, 30 Dec 2020 16:27:43 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72062#comment-1100760 I’d like to know what color the liquid seas are. If we know the chemical composition I have to assume someone has recreated it on earth. I understand that unknown impurities on Titan could mean they look totally different but I’m curious about the base appearance under Earth-strength sunlight and much weakened sunlight on Titan itself.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-seas-of-titan-deep-and-alien/#comment-1100740 Wed, 30 Dec 2020 13:06:34 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72062#comment-1100740 I don’t see why the “snow” wouldn’t be crushed ice, a sort of regolith. Doesn’t water ice float on liquid hydrocarbons? It wouldn’t be true crystal hexagon flakes, but it might feel about the same.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-seas-of-titan-deep-and-alien/#comment-1100703 Wed, 30 Dec 2020 02:27:27 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72062#comment-1100703 A little bit of oxygen and the whole planet would light up.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-seas-of-titan-deep-and-alien/#comment-1100698 Wed, 30 Dec 2020 02:00:07 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72062#comment-1100698 Can’t wait until Dragonfly arrives there. The footage should be stunning.

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