Sentences with phrase «liquid ethane»
"Liquid ethane" refers to ethane, which is a type of gas, that has been cooled and condensed into a liquid state. Full definition
The Motive: Since the early 1980s, astronomers have postulated that a vast, sloshing sea of liquid ethane half a mile deep may cover the surface of Saturn's giant moon, Titan.
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Cassini's radar peered through the moon's thick orange haze to reveal an Earthlike surface with seas, rivers and clouds filled with liquid ethane and methane.
Titan's average surface temperature lies somewhere in between, so researchers expect to find lakes and seas of liquid ethane on the surface.
Titan's atmosphere is full of methane, which should react with ultraviolet radiation from the sun to produce liquid ethane.
«What is exciting, however, is that the wind speeds predicted during northern spring and summer approach those necessary to generate wind waves in liquid ethane and / or methane.
NASA's Cassini - Huygens mission showed that Titan has lakes and rivers of liquid ethane and methane, and may have chemistry that is conducive to life.
They filled a small tube with liquid ethane, chilled it to a Titan - like -179 °C and added benzene.
After imaging showed a dark blotch on an otherwise bright landscape, scientists analyzed sunlight reflected by the feature to reveal that it is made up of liquid ethane, probably mixed with liquid methane.
Titan's surface may hold lakes of liquid ethane and methane, sprinkled over a thin veneer of frozen methane and ammonia.
In cryo - electron microscopy (cryo - EM), a beam of electrons is sent through a biomolecular sample that has been frozen, typically with liquid ethane.
On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, rivers of liquid ethane and methane still flow into lakes.