Titan Receding from Saturn Faster Than Previously Thought
by Owen Borville
July 23, 2020
Astronomy
Saturn's moon Titan is receding away from Saturn faster than previously thought, according to a NASA press release.
Using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, scientists found Titan drifting a hundred times faster than previously understood — about 4 inches (11 centimeters) per year.
The faster rate of recession helps confirm creationist timelines of origin of 6,000 years in contrast to mainstream models that assert 4.5 billion year timelines.
Saturn has more than 80 moons and rings. Titan is currently 759,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) from Saturn. The revised rate of its drift suggests that the moon started out much closer to Saturn, which would mean the whole system expanded more quickly than previously believed.
Titan's recession is similar to the Earth's moon's recession from Earth at a rate that would cause it to be touching the earth in 1.5 billion years, much younger than the proposed 4.5 billion year age for the Moon and the Earth and complicating mainstream models of planetary science.
However, creationists believe that the moon receded faster in the past, allowing a time frame closer to 6,000 years.
The faster rate of Titan's recession from Saturn causes it to have been closer to Saturn in the past than previously thought by mainstream scientists and complicates mainstream scientific models for Saturn and its moons.
Titan was also likely to have been receding from Saturn at a faster rate in the past, much faster than the current rate and therefore implies a much younger timeline for the age of Titan and Saturn, in line with the 6,000 year timeline that creationists assert.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/saturns-moon-titan-drifting-away-faster-than-previously-thought
by Owen Borville
July 23, 2020
Astronomy
Saturn's moon Titan is receding away from Saturn faster than previously thought, according to a NASA press release.
Using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, scientists found Titan drifting a hundred times faster than previously understood — about 4 inches (11 centimeters) per year.
The faster rate of recession helps confirm creationist timelines of origin of 6,000 years in contrast to mainstream models that assert 4.5 billion year timelines.
Saturn has more than 80 moons and rings. Titan is currently 759,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) from Saturn. The revised rate of its drift suggests that the moon started out much closer to Saturn, which would mean the whole system expanded more quickly than previously believed.
Titan's recession is similar to the Earth's moon's recession from Earth at a rate that would cause it to be touching the earth in 1.5 billion years, much younger than the proposed 4.5 billion year age for the Moon and the Earth and complicating mainstream models of planetary science.
However, creationists believe that the moon receded faster in the past, allowing a time frame closer to 6,000 years.
The faster rate of Titan's recession from Saturn causes it to have been closer to Saturn in the past than previously thought by mainstream scientists and complicates mainstream scientific models for Saturn and its moons.
Titan was also likely to have been receding from Saturn at a faster rate in the past, much faster than the current rate and therefore implies a much younger timeline for the age of Titan and Saturn, in line with the 6,000 year timeline that creationists assert.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/saturns-moon-titan-drifting-away-faster-than-previously-thought