Saul Trabal
EF4
http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/hu...s.html?21102004
I am VERY, VERY skeptical about this. Titan's temperatures are near -300 degrees Fahrenheit. How in the world would thunderstorms form?! :scratch:
With Jupiter and Saturn, thunderstorms are fueled from heat from within each gas giant. The ONLY way that I could see thunderstorm activity on Titan-and this is far-fetched- is from steam formed from volcanoes on Titan-and these volcanoes might be a water-ammonia-methane mix.
I think that microphone might have been better served if it were on a probe dropped into the atmosphere of Saturn or Jupiter, where you have those monster thunderstorms. I think it's wasted on Hyugens.
Now, I could be wrong....but I doubt it.
:?
I am VERY, VERY skeptical about this. Titan's temperatures are near -300 degrees Fahrenheit. How in the world would thunderstorms form?! :scratch:
With Jupiter and Saturn, thunderstorms are fueled from heat from within each gas giant. The ONLY way that I could see thunderstorm activity on Titan-and this is far-fetched- is from steam formed from volcanoes on Titan-and these volcanoes might be a water-ammonia-methane mix.
I think that microphone might have been better served if it were on a probe dropped into the atmosphere of Saturn or Jupiter, where you have those monster thunderstorms. I think it's wasted on Hyugens.
Now, I could be wrong....but I doubt it.
:?