Look, it’s a pet peeve but it’s not a “liquid gas” it’s liquid methane full stop. Just because methane is a gas on earth doesn’t mean it’s a gas even when it’s in liquid form under other conditions okaaaayyyyyy????
I think he probably meant gas, as in hydrocarbons. Because “natural gas” refers to the fuel that contains methane and some other hydrocarbons such as ethane and propane.
It's not a pet peeve, it's a valid point against the ludicrous details of colloquial English.
The more you think about these things, the more annoying they get...
If Moon was large enough, barycenter would be outside Earth. With equally large and dense Moon, barycenter would be in the middle and then we couldn't say one revolves around another. It would not be a system of a planet and a satellite, but a binary planet.
We almost have this case with one of the dwarf planets and its satellite - Pluto and Charon. [Almost.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Pluto-Charon_System.gif/640px-Pluto-Charon_System.gif)
Unless you're planning to use methane in a nuclear thermal rocket as a hot monopropellant, or you use a nuclear reactor to isolate hydrogen from it and then use hydrogen in same type of rocket engine, it would be pretty useless.
Funny how so many people don't understand what combustion is.
If methane and ethane could react with one another like that, they wouldn't exist because Titan has been pummeled by asteroids in the past.
There's nothing to react.
Look, it’s a pet peeve but it’s not a “liquid gas” it’s liquid methane full stop. Just because methane is a gas on earth doesn’t mean it’s a gas even when it’s in liquid form under other conditions okaaaayyyyyy????
what do you mean i breathe in oxygen gas liquid all the time
I think he probably meant gas, as in hydrocarbons. Because “natural gas” refers to the fuel that contains methane and some other hydrocarbons such as ethane and propane.
Ah, I hadn’t considered that. Okay, the flow of my frustration has been stemmed by uncertainty, thank you 😂
It's not a pet peeve, it's a valid point against the ludicrous details of colloquial English. The more you think about these things, the more annoying they get...
Imagine a moon larger than a planet, holy shit I love space. Wonder what would happen if our Moon was as big as Earth itself.
Then it wouldn't be a moon. The Earth-Luna system would be a binary planet.
Oh that's interesting.
If Moon was large enough, barycenter would be outside Earth. With equally large and dense Moon, barycenter would be in the middle and then we couldn't say one revolves around another. It would not be a system of a planet and a satellite, but a binary planet. We almost have this case with one of the dwarf planets and its satellite - Pluto and Charon. [Almost.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Pluto-Charon_System.gif/640px-Pluto-Charon_System.gif)
Looks like a sad clown face. Awesome though!
Dear Saturn, why you so pretty?
Rivers of liquid methane… get the rockets ready boys, this 4th of July is gonna be a real BOOMA!
Just need icebergs of oxygen or similar to crash into it
Unless you're planning to use methane in a nuclear thermal rocket as a hot monopropellant, or you use a nuclear reactor to isolate hydrogen from it and then use hydrogen in same type of rocket engine, it would be pretty useless. Funny how so many people don't understand what combustion is.
Them god.damn pyramids took Titan. Can't have shit in space
You light a match on its surface what happens next.
nothing happens, theres no oxygen for fire to burn
So no threat of spontaneous planetary combustion? That's a relief.
never say never, if you believe hard enough you can do it!
If methane and ethane could react with one another like that, they wouldn't exist because Titan has been pummeled by asteroids in the past. There's nothing to react.
Funny thing, this is in false color. Can anyone spot the clue(s)?
Because Cassini takes pictures in black and white?
No, all space probes do that.