Best Images Yet Of Saturn's Moon Titan

DoraLives writes "During recent commissioning observations of a new instrument designed for a completely different purpose, the European Southern Observatory managed to grab the best imagery yet of Saturn's largest moon. Although the imagery bears more than just a passing resemblance to some of the quainter maps of other planets there's no denying the superb, sub tenth arcsecond, resolution of the new images. And of course, if that's not good enough, they're sending a a little something to land on Titan next January. Should be interesting."

Comments

Mandatory 2001/2010 Joke

[BuddieFox]

they're sending a a little something to land on Titan next January.

Well, we should be glad they are not attempting to land on Europa.

I wonder...

[Op7imus_Prim3]

How many posts till somebody mentions new pictures of Uranus and links to goatse?

Provisional Names!

[Anonymous Coward]

the SDI team [1] has referred to these features informally as: the "lying H", the "dog" chasing a "ball", and the "dragon's head".

I propose some other provisional names:

• Blobby bit
• Other blobby bit
• Fuzzy Stuff
• More Fuzzy stuff that looks like a little like a boob.

I think these give a better description of the so-called features.

First comment from the scientists:

[kekeruusperi]

"That's no moon!"

Oil! Oil! Let's Go!

[bbsguru]

I can't beleive no one has posted this yet: The quoted article said:

"Of particular interest are several large "dark" areas of uniformly low reflectivity. One possible interpretation is that they represent huge surface reservoirs of liquid hydrocarbons."

It's Oil!

I hereby claim this moon in the name of Texaco.

If we can build a highway to get there, we'll be able to fill up and come back!