Dragonfly: How and when Titan, one of Saturn's moons, will be explored

under name dragonflythe a pot He will start exploring Titanone of the moons SaturnWhich is distinguished by being one of the most famous stars Moons He has, and accumulates, 146, or at least that's what we know now.

Others Planets They have less Moons (In some cases, nothing). For example, neither Mercury nor Venus were discovered MoonsFirst, because of its proximity to the sun, which makes it impossible for there to be a moon with this level of gravity (certainly, if there was a moon, it would collide with Mercury or enter into orbit around the sun to eventually be a victim of its gravitational force, while the reasons behind not The existence of Venus Moons It remains a mystery to scientists. For its part, Earth has one that is quite explored compared to the others; Mars has two moons: Phobos and Deimos, and Jupiter has 95 moons, the most notable of which are Io, Europa and Callisto, although the most famous is Ganymede, for being the moon. moon The largest in our solar system (actually visible from Earth with binoculars), Uranus has 27 moons, some of which consist only of ice, and Neptune has 14 known moons, one of which, Triton, is the size of Pluto.

as you see, Saturn It has the largest amount of Moons With him 146 Lunar starsAmong them is what the mission focused on dragonfly.

What is a dragonfly?

The main intention of dragonfly It is an exploration Titanone of 146 moons of saturn, Among them, by the way, the oceans are found. At the moment what is known about him Titan It is that although it shares some characteristics with Earth such as the presence of liquid bodies similar to those found on Earth's surface, it also presents a completely different landscape from our planet. For example, these liquid bodies consist of liquid ethane and methane, which form clouds and cause the liquid gas to rain from the sky. Moreover, on the surface Titan There appear to be islands that last only a few hours or several weeks, appearing like moving bright spots, but which eventually inexplicably disappear. This will be one of the secrets of this star dragonfly Go investigate.