re: methane to ethane

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Andrew — 7/31/2008 3:07:41 PM (archived)

Very interesting, but if I can be annoyingly picky the article says " the lake feature could be replenished by Titan's dreary drizzle of methane, which when hit by sunlight breaks down into ethane". How does methane (one carbon) break DOWN to form ethane (two carbons)? That would be quite a trick.

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A liquid methane and ethane lake on Titan !! - Raoul - 7/30/2008 6:30:46 PM
- Fingers... - nick hoffman - 7/31/2008 4:31:37 PM
  - An insulated, hermetically-sealed spacesuit would be nice. - Jacob - 7/31/2008 9:12:41 PM
    - re: Canoe - nick hoffman - 8/1/2008 3:18:24 AM
      - LOL! (n/t) - Jacob - 8/1/2008 3:32:10 PM
  - "it's a little irresponsible and clearly unscientific to forget to note that you would suffer immediate skin burns and very rapid deep frostbite from immersing human flesh in a cryogenic liquid." - a… - ARRELL - 7/31/2008 5:35:19 PM
    - Coal toss - podrock - 8/1/2008 1:42:32 AM
    - Arrell, Daredevil of Science! - McFly - 7/31/2008 6:57:29 PM
      - Actually.... - ARRELL - 8/1/2008 1:09:43 AM
        
        too late to stop now. what's the story? (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 8/1/2008 4:42:46 AM
        
        I tried to find where I posted it before .... - ARRELL - 8/1/2008 8:49:23 PM
      - ROTFLMAO!!!! - Jacob - 7/31/2008 9:15:50 PM
    - Important postcript for impressionable minds.... - ARRELL - 7/31/2008 5:56:53 PM
- re: methane to ethane - Andrew - 7/31/2008 3:07:41 PM
  - Let's GO SURFIN' NOW!!!!!! - carl - 7/31/2008 4:15:15 PM
- re: A liquid methane and ethane lake on Titan !! - lance - 7/31/2008 7:09:59 AM
  - Liquiid confirmation, yes, but you can exclude a fishing expedition. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 7/31/2008 1:47:32 PM
    - Evidence for active methane weather in the observed spin rate drift of Titan - Socrates II - 7/31/2008 11:46:07 PM

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