{"id":966,"date":"2005-01-03T12:57:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-03T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/touch_down_on_titan\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:34:18","slug":"touch_down_on_titan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/sv\/touch_down_on_titan\/","title":{"rendered":"Landning p\u00e5 Titan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>F\u00f6r 450 \u00e5r sedan uppt\u00e4ckte en nederl\u00e4ndsk astronom vid namn Christiaan Huygens en stor m\u00e5ne som kretsade kring Saturnus. Den fick s\u00e5 sm\u00e5ningom namnet Titan, efter en j\u00e4tte i de antika grekiska myterna.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Titan var verkligen en j\u00e4tte \u2013 den n\u00e4st st\u00f6rsta m\u00e5nen i solsystemet. Men \u00e4ven i dag \u00e4r den en v\u00e4rld full av mysterier. Dess yta d\u00f6ljs bakom ett t\u00e4cke av orange dis.<\/p>\n<p>Forskarna vet att dess tjocka atmosf\u00e4r huvudsakligen best\u00e5r av kv\u00e4ve, precis som p\u00e5 jorden. Den inneh\u00e5ller ocks\u00e5 metan, den gas som vi f\u00f6rbr\u00e4nner i v\u00e5ra hem och fabriker.<\/p>\n<p>Men yttemperaturen \u00e4r \u2013180 \u00b0C, tillr\u00e4ckligt kallt f\u00f6r att isen ska bli h\u00e5rd som sten. Det \u00e4r f\u00f6rmodligen f\u00f6r kallt f\u00f6r att liv ska kunna existera, \u00e4ven om det kan finnas ett hav djupt under jordytan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"2105\" data-credit=\"ESA-D. DUCROS\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2004\/12\/Artist_view4\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2004\/12\/artist_view4\/17889874-2-eng-GB\/Artist_view.jpg\" alt=\"Artist view\"><figcaption>Konstn\u00e4rens synvinkel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Det enda s\u00e4ttet att avsl\u00f6ja Titans hemligheter \u00e4r att skicka en rymdfarkost dit. Den 14 januari kommer ESA:s sond Huygens att glida ner genom atmosf\u00e4ren med hj\u00e4lp av fallsk\u00e4rm.<\/p>\n<p>Dess sex instrument kommer att ta de f\u00f6rsta bilderna av den hittills osedda ytan och ge oss en bild av hur Titan egentligen ser ut. Huygens kommer att landa med en hastighet p\u00e5 5 meter per sekund \u2013 ungef\u00e4r som att hoppa ner fr\u00e5n en stol p\u00e5 marken.<\/p>\n<p>Kommer den att krascha in i fast is, plaskande landa i ett metanhav eller sjunka ner i en slemmassa? H\u00e5ll utkik h\u00e4r!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>450 years ago, a Dutch astronomer named Christiaan Huygens discovered a large moon orbiting Saturn. It was eventually named Titan, after a giant in old Greek legends. 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