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| Titan is (im)practically inaccessible. High delta V to get there and come back. Long round travel times. | Titan is (im)practically inaccessible. High delta V to get there and come back. Long round travel times. |
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|| Astronomical Unit || 1.496e11 meters || average earth orbit radius || || Earth year || 3.1557e7 seconds || || Solar Gravitational Constant || 1.3271e20 m³/s² || || Planets & || Orbit || Period || Velocity || Escape || || Asteroids || Radius AU || Years || km/s || km/s || ||<-5> || || Earth || 1.0 || 1.0 || 29.79 || 11.2 || || Mars || 1.524 || 1.881 || 24.13 || 5.03 || || Vesta || 2.362 || 3.630 || 19.34 || 0.36 || || 1 Ceres || 2.769 || 4.608 || 17.91 || 0.51 || || 10 Hygiea || 3.142 || 5.568 || 16.76 || 0.21 || || Jupiter || 5.204 || 11.86 || 13.07 || 59.5 || || Saturn || 9.583 || 29.46 || 9.68 || 35.5 || ( circular approximation ) |
||<-3> Earth year ||<-2> 3.1557e7 seconds || ||<-3> Solar Gravitational Constant ||<-2> 1.3271e20 m³/s² || ||<-3> Astronomical Unit<<BR>>average earth orbit radius ||<-2> 1.496e11 meters || ||<-5 > <<BR>> || || Planets & || Orbit || Period || Velocity || Escape || outer || || Asteroids || SemiM AU || Years || km/s || km/s || surface || ||<-5:> circular approximation || || Earth || 1.0 || 1.0 || 29.79 || 11.2 || N₂ O₂ || || Mars || 1.524 || 1.881 || 24.13 || 5.03 || CO₂ || || Vesta || 2.362 || 3.630 || 19.34 || 0.36 || dust || || 1 Ceres || 2.769 || 4.608 || 17.91 || 0.51 || dust || || 10 Hygiea || 3.142 || 5.568 || 16.76 || 0.21 || dust || || Jupiter || 5.204 || 11.86 || 13.07 || 59.5 || H₂ He || || Saturn || 9.583 || 29.46 || 9.68 || 35.5 || H₂ He || ||<-5:> Satellites || || || SemiM km || 24h d || km/s || km/s || || Moon || 384400 || 27.322 || 1.02 || 2.376 || dust || || Deimos || 23463 || 1.263 || 1.35 || 0.006 || dust || || Titan || 1221870 || 15.945 || 5.57 || 2.639 || N₂ || || Iapetus || 3560820 || 79.322 || 3.26 || 0.571 || H₂O ice || |
Extracting Materials from Titan
Titan is (im)practically inaccessible. High delta V to get there and come back. Long round travel times.
Humans and their machines may someday occupy the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Titan's nitrogen atmosphere is a candidate source of reaction mass for thermal rockets, but Titan is a long way from Earth, and longer way (in travel time and Hohmann semimajor axis) from the asteroid belts.
Some numbers:
Earth year |
3.1557e7 seconds |
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Solar Gravitational Constant |
1.3271e20 m³/s² |
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Astronomical Unit |
1.496e11 meters |
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Planets & |
Orbit |
Period |
Velocity |
Escape |
outer |
Asteroids |
SemiM AU |
Years |
km/s |
km/s |
surface |
circular approximation |
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Earth |
1.0 |
1.0 |
29.79 |
11.2 |
N₂ O₂ |
Mars |
1.524 |
1.881 |
24.13 |
5.03 |
CO₂ |
Vesta |
2.362 |
3.630 |
19.34 |
0.36 |
dust |
1 Ceres |
2.769 |
4.608 |
17.91 |
0.51 |
dust |
10 Hygiea |
3.142 |
5.568 |
16.76 |
0.21 |
dust |
Jupiter |
5.204 |
11.86 |
13.07 |
59.5 |
H₂ He |
Saturn |
9.583 |
29.46 |
9.68 |
35.5 |
H₂ He |
Satellites |
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SemiM km |
24h d |
km/s |
km/s |
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Moon |
384400 |
27.322 |
1.02 |
2.376 |
dust |
Deimos |
23463 |
1.263 |
1.35 |
0.006 |
dust |
Titan |
1221870 |
15.945 |
5.57 |
2.639 |
N₂ |
Iapetus |
3560820 |
79.322 |
3.26 |
0.571 |
H₂O ice |