Cassini Data Show Ice and Rock Mixture Inside Titan
12 Mar 2010, 07:40 UTC
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PASADENA, Calif., (NASA) -- By precisely tracking NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its low swoops over Saturn's moon Titan, scientists have determined the distribution of materials in the moon's interior. The subtle gravitational tugs they measured suggest the interior has been too cold and sluggish to split completely into separate layers of ice and rock.
The finding, to be published in the March 12 issue of the journal Science, shows how Titan evolved in a different fashion from inner planets [...]
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