Titan, the largest of Saturn's more than 60 moons, has surprisingly intense rainstorms, according to research by a team of UCLA planetary scientists and geologists. Although the storms are relatively rare--they occur less than once per Titan year, which is 29 and a half Earth years--they occur much more frequently than the scientists expected.
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Phys.org - 13 Oct 2017 15:27
Titan, the largest of Saturn's more than 60 moons, has surprisingly intense rainstorms, according to research by a team of UCLA planetary scientists and geologists. Although the storms are relatively rare--they occur less than once per Titan year, which is 29 and a half Earth years--they occur much more frequently than the scientists expected.
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