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Grumpy · 04-28-2003, 02:44 PM

I haven't seen it yet, but I'm sure it won't be long before this shows up as further proof of a Young Earth (or young solar system).

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"Assuming that Titan's atmosphere has existed over the moon's 4.6 billion year lifetime, 800 meters of sediments would lie on the surface," Griffith said.

But recent IR photos that penetrate Titan's haze has led scientists to "...conclude after analyzing surface reflectivity that much of Titan's surface is exposed icy bedrock.

So where's the organic sediments, Darwin lovers?

There should be piles & piles of it, but all we see is bare ice. Why, it's almost as if Titan hasn't been around for 4.6 billion years -- and neither has the Earth!

In any case, we'll know better next year when Cassini drops the Huygens probe under Titan's clouds.

Valentine Pontifex · 04-28-2003, 07:18 PM

Your link is broken.

Why would Titan have uniformly 800 m of sediment? :-)

Grumpy · 04-28-2003, 07:29 PM

Same story, new link.

Jesus Tap-Dancin' Christ · 04-28-2003, 10:53 PM

The methane cycle would take care of that compleltely. If the gook comes from methane, and they hypothesize that the methane comes from the gook (as is mentioned in the article), then there is no problem whatsoever--that which precipitates down goes back up.

Bobzammel · 04-29-2003, 08:49 AM

According to the bible, Saturn and Titan don't even exist.
Genesis states that God created the Earth, moon, stars, and some outer-space water. Nothing else.

Shadowy Man · 04-29-2003, 09:41 AM

We'll know a lot more once Cassini gets there and drops the Huygens probe into Titan's atmosphere.

Zadok001 · 04-29-2003, 04:05 PM

How on Earth (no pun intended) did we calculate the age of Titan? Grumpy gave us 4.6 billion, which is Earth's age. Titan and Earth are NOT by necessity contemporaries, and neither is Titan's atmosphere!

Kosh · 04-29-2003, 05:12 PM

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Originally posted by Jesus Tap-Dancin' Christ
The methane cycle would take care of that compleltely. If the gook comes from methane, and they hypothesize that the methane comes from the gook (as is mentioned in the article), then there is no problem whatsoever--that which precipitates down goes back up.

Balogna! That's just too complicated to understand. And if it's too hard to understand, then God must have done it!

SULPHUR · 05-01-2003, 07:06 AM

What produces sediment. Erosion;so that what are weathering and erosion agents on titan.?

Non-praying Mantis · 05-01-2003, 08:36 AM

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Originally posted by SULPHUR
What produces sediment. Erosion;so that what are weathering and erosion agents on titan.?

Just like Earth: the atmosphere and liquid (methane) if any.

NPM

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04-28-2003, 07:18 PM	#2
Valentine Pontifex Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 3,092	Your link is broken. Why would Titan have uniformly 800 m of sediment? :-)

04-28-2003, 07:29 PM	#3
Grumpy Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Alaska, USA Posts: 1,535	Same story, new link.

04-28-2003, 10:53 PM	#4
Jesus Tap-Dancin' Christ Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Heaven Posts: 6,980	The methane cycle would take care of that compleltely. If the gook comes from methane, and they hypothesize that the methane comes from the gook (as is mentioned in the article), then there is no problem whatsoever--that which precipitates down goes back up.

04-29-2003, 08:49 AM	#5
Bobzammel Regular Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 276	According to the bible, Saturn and Titan don't even exist. Genesis states that God created the Earth, moon, stars, and some outer-space water. Nothing else.

04-29-2003, 09:41 AM	#6
Shadowy Man Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Shadowy Planet Posts: 7,585	We'll know a lot more once Cassini gets there and drops the Huygens probe into Titan's atmosphere.

04-29-2003, 04:05 PM	#7
Zadok001 Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Two Steps Ahead Posts: 1,124	How on Earth (no pun intended) did we calculate the age of Titan? Grumpy gave us 4.6 billion, which is Earth's age. Titan and Earth are NOT by necessity contemporaries, and neither is Titan's atmosphere!

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