Titan Oil Reserves

Recently, the researchers claim that Titan , one of Saturn's satellites that atmosphere are thick , saves the content of the natural gas and other hydrocarbon liquids are hundreds of times more than that contained in the Earth .
When this has been found several hundred lakes and seas on Titan's north polar region . To project the potential of natural resources there , the scientists measured the water depth using a comparator Titan lakes on Earth , where the lake depth is often less than 10 meters .

" The depth of the lake is estimated to be some 10 meters , because they looked very dark in radar . If shallow , we will be able to see the bottom , " said Ralph Lorenz of applied physics laboratory at Johns Hopkins University .

The conclusion obtained by NASA 's Cassini spacecraft monitoring . Cassini has now surveyed 20 percent of Titan 's surface . The observation results also showed that the content of the natural resources in some areas of the Titan already melebihisemua content in the earth's natural resources ( oil, natural gas and coal ) .

Nonetheless , Titan human uninhabitable . According to scientists , Titan's surface does not contain water , but of liquid hydrocarbons in the form of methane and ethane , while Titan formed from tholins mainland . This condition is allegedly similar to Earth in a time before there was life .

" We estimate there are similar Events at Titan's south polar region , but we do not yet know how much liquid content in there , " said Ralph . According to this data is important because of its lifetime Titan depends on how much the amount of methane contained in the liquid there .

If the methane content expires, the temperature on Titan will be getting colder , which is currently known to minus 179 degrees Celsius . Assumptions while , the methane content of diminishing returns through volcanic eruptions , which is thought to have led to dramatic temperature fluctuations in the past .

According to Ralph , to understand the complexities that occur on Titan can help us understand the origin of life in the universe .