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Old 18-October-2007, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by jlhredshift View Post
It just dawned on me from reading another thread, how did Titan get its methane?
in its formation. The three most common non single element compounds in the universe are probably methane (CH4), ammonia (NH3), and water (OH2). The inner planets lost the CH4 and CH3 to evaporation from the sun, but Titan would have been far enough out to keep its methane.

Last edited by korjik; 20-October-2007 at 05:23 PM.