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Doesn't the fact that Titan is full of hydrocarbons kinda prove the Abiotic oil theory?
I don't understand this... is Titan not a rocky moon?mgb_phys said:Very different from rocky planets.
Well this is just a strawman argument...There is alcohol in intersteller clouds but it doesn't prove the 'beer is from space' theory!
I assumed the hydrocarbons had been formed in the gas giant and swept up by the moon it looks like they are formed by UV dissociations of methane in the thick atmosphere.OSalcido said:I don't understand this... is Titan not a rocky moon?
It was a joke. Abiotic oil would either have to have formed in the oxidising atmopshere of the cretaceous or survived from the atmopshere of the early Earth and somehow managed to rise to the right depth to be trapped by cretaceous geology.Well this is just a strawman argument...
Titan is full of hydrocarbons, which are compounds made up of hydrogen and carbon atoms.
Scientists believe that Titan's atmosphere is composed mostly of nitrogen and methane. Over time, sunlight and other forms of energy break apart these molecules and create hydrocarbons.
It is unlikely that life as we know it can exist on Titan due to its extreme cold temperature and lack of liquid water. However, some scientists theorize that microbial life forms could potentially survive in Titan's hydrocarbon lakes.
Titan's hydrocarbons may provide insights into the early stages of Earth's evolution and the potential for life on other planets. They also play a role in the complex chemical processes that shape Titan's atmosphere and surface.
Scientists have studied Titan using various instruments and probes, including the Cassini and Huygens spacecrafts. These missions have provided evidence of hydrocarbons in Titan's atmosphere, lakes, and even rain.