Saturn’s moon Titan may be doomed to fly away or smash into the planet

By Leah Crane

Saturn’s satellite Titan passing successful beforehand of the planet

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Saturn’s largest satellite Titan has an outsized effect connected the planet’s tilt, and its outwards migration could sound the satellite onto its broadside and doom Titan itself.

Titan is moving distant from Saturn astatine a complaint of astir 11 centimetres per year. That isn’t excessively unusual – Earth’s moon is migrating distant from our satellite too, astatine a complaint of conscionable nether 4 centimetres per twelvemonth – but it is unexpectedly fast. As Titan’s orbit moves further from Saturn, …

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