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Web Extra: Titanò??s seasons slowly change

As Saturn’s largest moon shifts its orbit around the Sun, the changing seasons drive liquid from one pole to the other.
RELATED TOPICS: TITAN
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona/Cassini Imaging & Radar Science Teams

Saturn’s moon Titan experiences seasons, like Earth, because it is tilted with respect to its orbit around the Sun. Titan is currently experiencing northern summer, when its northern hemisphere is tilted toward our star. This also is quite close to coinciding with perihelion, when the world is closest to the Sun.

The distance between the Sun and Earth throughout the year varies by a small amount, so northern and southern summers are essentially equal. But due to Saturn’s larger orbit and larger eccentricity, its moon also experiences large swings in the sunlight it receives throughout one trip around the Sun.

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