Saturn Moon Could Hold Clues to Ancient Earth

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/17/Imke_de_Pater_Fascinating_Objects_in_Our_Solar_System

Planetary scientist Imke de Pater likens the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon Titan to that of ancient Earth before life developed and produced oxygen.

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Imke de Pater is a professor in the Department of Astronomy at UC Berkeley, and a world-renowned planetary scientist. She is an authority on modeling and mapping the planets of our solar system, and led a worldwide campaign to observe the impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter in 1994.

A frequent user of the huge Keck telescopes in Hawaii, she has discovered methane drizzle on Saturn's moon Titan, modeled Jupiter's magnetic fields, and revealed the dynamic behavior of Neptune's skies.

Her graduate-level textbook, Planetary Sciences, co-authored with Jack J. Lissauer, was the winner of the 2007 Chambliss Award for Astronomical Writing from the American Astronomical Society. - University of California - Berkeley

Imke de Pater is a professor in the Department of Astronomy at UC Berkeley, and a world-renowned planetary scientist. She is an authority on modeling and mapping the planets of our solar system, and led a worldwide campaign to observe the impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter in 1994.

A frequent user of the huge Keck telescopes in Hawaii, she has discovered methane drizzle on Saturn's moon Titan, modeled Jupiter's magnetic fields, and revealed the dynamic behavior of Neptune's skies. Her graduate-level textbook, Planetary Sciences, co-authored with Jack J. Lissauer, was the winner of the 2007 Chambliss Award for Astronomical Writing from the American Astronomical Society.

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[soundscapenyc]

i would so live on Titan.

[1RadicalOne]

Methane is being continually being generated on Titan? Now wouldn't it be amazing if that were because of methanogens...though that is a LONG shot.

[RickRay9]

@variablast 'Damn, y'all mad-crazy. Now, LET'S GO GET A FUCKIN' COW.

[KarbineKyle]

Thanks a lot for the upload! I love astronomy! I love to learn about it, even if I already know some things about it. That way, I won't forget it. Titan is really interesting! It's beautiful, yet so mysterious! I'm glad we finally know what the suface is composed of, and what it looks like. We even have sounds of the atmosphere! Its atmosphere is quite dense, so flying would be quite easy! We are learning even more about it, and it's not the only moon. Titan is such a mystery moon!

[vv55sst]

@soundscapenyc - not for more than a few seconds without serious life support.

[Neshovic123]

@Blankfingers96 because it's like -100 celcius imbecile.

[Misterfoxione]

cows are the ancient population of Titan! ALIENS!

[murcielagodog]

i dont understand how this is important to anything thats going on on earth today, will this make the internet free? will this get us out of a recession? will we ever live there? never. like i hope they get paid alot of money to do pointless shitin most ppl's opinion

[razorflown2]

I would so launch you there if I had a big ass missle.

[jcdobber]

Oeeeh heavy Dutch accent