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Saturn and the moon Dione

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Fri, 2012-02-03 15:05

weaver95

Saturn and the moon Dione

just thought I'd drop this link here: http://news.yahoo.com/photos/nasa-handout-photo-saturn-dione-photo-17254... might be useful as a handout for anyone running a game in that neck of the woods.

Fri, 2012-02-03 18:10

Quincey Forder Quincey Forder's picture

Re: Saturn and the moon Dione

This pic makes me curious to see the skyline on Titan.How big would Saturn appear in the Titanian sky if you look through the windows of an appartment in, says, New Québec?

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Sun, 2012-02-05 04:50

Arenamontanus Arenamontanus's picture

Re: Saturn and the moon Dione

Titan has a distance of 1,221,870 km from Saturn, which has a radius of 60,268 km. So the angular size is 5.64 degrees (the formula is 2*atan(r/D)). This is about ten times bigger than the sun or moon in Earth's sky. The rings double that. The problem with watching Saturn from New Québec is that Titan's atmosphere is pretty thick and opaque, so it is likely very common that Saturn is obscured. The total light intensity if there was nothing in the way would be a bit stronger than Earth moonlight (about a 100 times bigger area, but also 90 times less sunlight due to the distance from the sun).

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Sun, 2012-02-05 15:13

Quincey Forder Quincey Forder's picture

Re: Saturn and the moon Dione

BTW, is there a map of Titan anywhere? I've got trouble pointing where each major city is located

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Sun, 2012-02-05 15:20

CodeBreaker CodeBreaker's picture

Re: Saturn and the moon Dione

Quincey Forder wrote:
BTW, is there a map of Titan anywhere? I've got trouble pointing where each major city is located

Not that I know of. I imagine Rimward might contain something like that though.

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Sun, 2012-02-05 17:10

Extrasolar Angel Extrasolar Angel's picture

Re: Saturn and the moon Dione

Quincey Forder wrote:
BTW, is there a map of Titan anywhere? I've got trouble pointing where each major city is located

Here you go, although it isn't very precise http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect19/PIA02147.jpg http://www.space.com/13246-saturn-moon-titan-global-map-surface.html http://astrobio.net/pressrelease/4260/a-color-map-of-titan

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Sun, 2012-02-05 17:21

Quincey Forder Quincey Forder's picture

Re: Saturn and the moon Dione

Thanks! I meant one with the cities and settlement though ^^ like Mars' own That's very handy

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