Moon and Titan
Moon (Earth’s natural satellite) and Titan (moon of Saturn) side by side – to scale and in numbers.
| Moon | Titan | Moon ÷ Titan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diameter | 3,475 km | 5,150 km | 0.67 × |
| Mass | 7.30 × 10²² kg | 1.35 × 10²³ kg | 0.54 × |
| Surface gravity | 1.60 m/s² | 1.35 m/s² from GM and radius |
1.18 × |
| Density | 3,340 kg/m³ | 1,881 kg/m³ | 1.78 × |
| Mean temperature | -20 °C | – | |
| Mean distance from the Sun | 149.6 million km with Earth |
1.43 billion km with Saturn |
0.10 × |
| Length of day | 29.5 days sunrise to sunrise |
– | |
| Year (orbit around the Sun) | 365.2 days (1.00 years) with Earth |
29.42 years with Saturn |
0.03 × |
| Orbit around its planet | 27.3 days around Earth |
15.9 days around Saturn |
1.71 × |
Data: NASA Planetary Fact Sheet, JPL SSD (planetary moons), JPL SBDB (dwarf planets) – public domain. Moon gravity is calculated from the JPL mass (GM) and radius; a moon’s “year” is its planet’s orbit around the Sun. A dash – no value in these sources.
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