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Earth, Titan, and Earth's Moon compared

author: Walter B. Myers/Novapix

reference: a-sys98-00201

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 22 cm

Titan may be larger than the planet Mercury--and (the dwarf planet) Pluto-- but it is still considerably smaller than the Earth. Despite Titan's diminutive size, its atmosphere is dense enough that the barometric pressure at Titan's surface is one-and-a-half times greater than that of the Earth's at sea level.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - COMPARISON - EARTH - ILLUSTRATION - MOON - PLANET - SATELLITE - SATURN'S MOON - SIZE - SOLAR SYSTEM - TITAN -