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Last Post 3/21/2008 11:08 AM by  Christina Cohen
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3/21/2008 10:28 AM
    Nicole S (LM) How much energy does saturn get from the sun? And would you see any sunlight on its moon titan ever? thanks

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    3/21/2008 11:08 AM

    Hi Nicole,

    Because Saturn (and its moon Titan) is about 10 times farther from the Sun than Earth, it will get about 1/100 the amount of sunlight. But, at the surface of Titan the sky is really smoggy/hazy so that cuts the sunlight down even further. In the end the intensity of the sunlight on Titan's surfact is only about 1/1000 of that at Earth.

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    Christina

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