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Huygen

Description

With thick, hazy atmosphere and distinct amber sheen, Huygen has kept astronomers thinking hard, and somewhat scared, for the annoyingly short time scale by which they've been aware of it. Whether this moon is as hostile as Eve or deceptively quite approachable waits to be confirmed.

Trivia

Huygen is JNSQ's "Titan" analog, named after Titan's real life discoverer, Christiaan Huygens. It should come as no surprise that Huygen is home to ample reservoirs of methane just waiting for extraction.

RR

Rational Resources Classification:

Ocean Surface Atmosphere Exosphere
Methane Ice-Methane Ice-Methane None

Specs

From the PDF included in the download:

Bulk Params Orbital and Rotational Params
Classification Moon (Lindor) Semi-major Axis 187,500 km
Radius 670 km sea level, 670.9 km mean Periapsis 182,813 km
Mass 9.89396×1021 kg Apoapsis 192,188 km
Gravitational Parameter 6.60331×1011 m3/s2 Orbit eccentricity 0.025
Mean density 7,820 kg/m3 Orbit inclination 0.75°
Surface gravity 0.15 g ASL Longitude of ascending node 150°
Escape velocity 1,404 m/s Argument of periapsis 60°
Bond Albedo 0.3 Sidereal orbit period 15.374 days
Solar irradiance 14.8 W/m2 Synodic period 15.396 days
Black-body temperature 82 K Mean orbital velocity 1,774 m/s
Sidereal rotation period 15.374 days
Solar day 15.396 days
Synchronous orbit altitude N/A
Sphere of influence 12,376 km
Atmosphere
Overall height 180 km
Pressure 1.5 atm sea level
Mean temperature 91 K sea level
Mean molecular weight 27.5 g/mol
Composition 96% N2, 4% CH4
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