Saturn's Titan moon has electromagnetic activity

Physicists at Granada University and Valencia University have recently discovered a specific data analysis process sent from Huygen probe at Titan - Saturn's largest moon, clearly proving to be active. natural electricity in the atmosphere. The scientific community believes that perhaps the organic molecules - precursors of life - are formed with a higher probability on planets or moons with electrical storms in the atmosphere.

Researchers, Juan Antonio Morente, of the Department of Applied Physics at Granada University, reported to SINC that Titan's moon is considered 'unique world in the solar system' since 1908 when the celestial house Spanish literature, José Comas y Solá, discovered that Titan had an atmosphere - something that does not exist in other moons. He explained: 'In Titan, clouds with convective movement form, so static electric fields and stormy conditions can be formed. This phenomenon also significantly increased the ability to form organic molecules and molecules for food for microorganisms, according to the theory of the Russian biochemist Alexander I. Oparín and Stanley L.'s experiment. Miller ' . Miller's experiment aims to synthesize organic compounds from inorganic compounds through power generation. 'That's why Titan became one of the main subjects in the Cassini - Huygens joint program of NASA and the European Space Agency.'

Morente points out that in order to detect natural electrical activity on planets like Earth or moons like Titan, the so-called 'Schumann resonance' - the spectrum of spectra peaking at extremely low frequencies (ELF) in radio spectrum - determined. The peaks are generated by the existence of the ionosphere and the surface of the large cavity in which the electromagnetic field is restricted. From this shows two basic components: radial electric fields and tangential magnetic fields, which are compatible with the weak tangential electric field (smaller than the 100-fold radial electric field component).

Photo combined with Titan moon was taken by Cassini on October 9 and October 25, 2006. (Photo: NASA / JPL / University of Arizona)

The electric field is determined by an interactive impedance probe (MIP) - one of the tools brought by the Huygens probe.The MIP consists of 4 electrodes, 2 signal generators and 2 receivers together with a pair of transmitter and receiver signals on both sides of the probe. MIP is basically used to measure the electrical conductivity of the atmosphere, but in addition to determining the physical strength, it also performs the function of a dipole antenna, used to measure the natural electric field in the atmosphere. .

Morente said: 'Just by stabilizing without balance, the MIP can determine the electric field of the electric field of the electric field. But unfortunately, a strong wind has made the probe balance again, the measured electrodes have radial components and tangential components overlap. '

However, the electric field spectrum obtained directly from Huygens did not match the model that scientists predicted because it was quite flat and did not observe Schumann resonance. However, a team of Spanish researchers created a process to detect the hidden Schumann resonance, based on the separation of time signals called 'early time' and 'late time'. . Since then there can be undeniable evidence that natural electrical activity exists in the atmosphere of Titan moon.

Researched by the former Ministry of Science and Education, sponsored by the Government of Andalusia and the European Union. The study also explains that Saturn's moon Titan atmosphere is an electromagnetic environment with large losses, its resonant cavities are not as ideal as Earth's atmosphere.