Planet Saturn comes back to our attention today after a discovery that amazed the researchers was revealed to the whole world, this is what no one thought was happening near him. The researchers who are analyzing very carefully what is happening on the moon Titan near the planet Saturn have discovered with amazement the fact that there could be sand storms there, something they did not think was possible, but in reality there are conditions for for this to happen.
Planet Saturn could have a moon that would be very similar to the planet Mars, or at least that's what researchers now believe after realizing that there could be similar sandstorms on Titan. The researchers of Boise State University in Idaho are the ones behind this important discovery, especially since the moon Titan near the planet Saturn has an atmosphere 1.5 times denser than that of the planet Earth, unless it has very strong winds.
Planet Saturn: Researchers Amazed by What They Discovered
Planet Saturn it would have a very dense atmosphere on the moon Titan, and because of this the researchers believed that it is extremely difficult for sandstorms to occur there, but this would be possible. Titan's atmosphere is very different from that of Saturn, but researchers believe that these sandstorms could be the main way dust is moved around the planet and eventually reaches the moon's atmosphere.
"Weather conditions on Saturn's large moon Titan, the strange and distant world that may be the most Earth-like in the solar system, appear conducive to the formation of dust devils. If true, these dry eddies may be primary dust movers on Titan's surface, as they are on Mars. The dust on Titan's dunes is thought to originate as hydrocarbon aerosols raining down from the moon's atmosphere.”
Planet Saturn it has not been analyzed in the same way as Titan, so it is not known how things happen there, but on its moon, storms would have surprisingly high speeds, which of course contributes to the erosion process. Although doctors are not 100% sure of what is happening on the surface of the moon Titan near the planet Saturn, it is quite clear that there are at least the conditions for sandstorms to take place there, and to move large amounts of dust.
Planet Saturn and the Titan moon will be analyzed much more seriously after a new spacecraft called Dragonfly will be sent by NASA towards them, it being scheduled for launch in 2026, to land on the moon in 2034.
