- Titan is the second largest satellite in the solar system (second only to
Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon).
- Titan is larger in diameter than Mercury and Pluto.
- Titan is the only moon in the Solar System with a substantial atmosphere.
Like Earth, Titan's major atmospheric gas is nitrogen.
- Titan is composed of about 50% ice and 50% rocky material, with an average
surface temperature of -149 degrees C (-300 degrees F).
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