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The universe is an important area of human exploration, and Titan, as one of Saturn's moons, has a unique shape and characteristics.
The moon's equatorial ridge has a 1,300-kilometer-long "weld" on the surface of Iapetus, which some believe is the trace of an alien spacecraft.
But scientists have come up with a different hypothesis, believing that this "weld" was formed by the satellite itself.
So what's really on Titan 8?
What exactly is this "weld"?
In the depths of the universe, are there really alien spaceships?
1. The equatorial ridge of Iapetus.
Titan is Saturn's fifth largest moon and the largest moon in Saturn's ring system.
On the equator of Iapetus, there is a "weld" about 1,300 kilometers long and 20 kilometers wide, called the "equatorial ridge".
The "weld" on Iapetus is amazing, it looks like a deep crack.
The equatorial ridge of Iapetus is located exactly where the equator is, and this ridge is about 20 kilometers wide, but it is 1,300 kilometers long, and this ridge stretches evenly over the surface of Iapetus.
The reason for the formation of this spine is still a big mystery as if something is going to erupt from it at any moment.
What exactly is this back?
Is it the traces of an alien spacecraft, or is it Iapetus itself?
There are many meteorites on the surface of Iapetus, and these meteorites have caused varying degrees of impact on the surface of the satellite, but these meteorites have not formed a "weld" on the surface of Titan, so how did this back form?
What is the "weld" of Iapetus?
2. Forming a hypothesis.
Some people believe that this is the trace of an alien spacecraft, and that the surface of Iapetus forms such a "weld".
There are many mountains and valleys around the equatorial ridge of Titan, and these mountains and canyons are different in height and depth, but they all have some influence on the equatorial ridge.
Because there are many mountains and canyons around Titan's equatorial ridge, which have a direct impact on the formation of the backbone, it is believed that this "weld" was formed by an alien spacecraft on the surface of Titan.
The surface of Iapetus is not very flat, so this form of surface has caused an impact on the surface of the satellite, and these impact forces will also have a certain impact on the surface of the satellite.
These impacts are like a bomb exploding on the surface of a satellite, so some people believe that this "weld" was formed by an alien spacecraft on the surface of Titan, because this "weld" is very regular, which is similar to the morphology of an alien spacecraft.
But scientists do not believe that this is the trace of an alien spacecraft, but that Iapetus formed itself.
This "weld" of Iapetus may have been formed by Iapetus itself, and if Iapetus has traces of alien spacecraft, such traces will also appear on other moons and planets.
If such traces appear on other planets and moons, then there will be more evidence of the existence of alien spacecraft.
However, Titan is Saturn's fifth moon, and there are "welds" on Enceladus, while there are no such traces on Saturn's other moons, so scientists prefer a naturally occurring explanation.
There is another explanation for the "weld" on Iapetus, which may have been formed by the re-condensation of the water inside Iapetus.
Titan has an ice crust that is about 20 kilometers thick, but the thickness of this crust is relatively thin at the equator, so it is thought that this crust was formed by the recondensation of the water body inside.
The surface of the water inside Iapetus is very thick, and this layer of water will exert a certain pressure on the satellites of Iapetus, so this layer of water will gradually squeeze outward until the ice shell is broken, and the internal water will flow out of the cracks in the ice shell.
When the water inside flows out, these water bodies form a "weld" on the surface of the satellite, which is also known as the equatorial ridge.
But this formation hypothesis also encounters some difficulties, because Iapetus is very far away from Saturn, and the water bodies inside Titan are all formed by glaciers, so this mobility is very poor, and it is unlikely that it will form a back.
Based on the surface of Iapetus and the morphology of the equatorial ridge, scientists have proposed a new hypothesis of formation, which was formed by the collapse effect of Iapetus.
The glacier inside Iapetus is affected by a certain amount of deformation, so the glacier will form a gap on the surface, and this gap is the equatorial ridge of Iapetus.
3. Iapetus's flyby detection.
In 2004, the Cassini probe reached the orbit of Saturn to carry out the orbit of Saturn, and at the same time as the orbit of Saturn, it also explored the moons of Saturn, and the Cassini probe was the first time that mankind reached the orbit of Titan.
The Cassini probe flew by Iapetus, photographed the surface of Iapetus, and sent back many valuable images.
These images provide detailed photographs of the surface of Iapetus, revealing the peculiarities of Iapetus.
The equatorial ridge of Iapetus is indeed formed by Iapetus itself, and the formation of this ridge is due to the fact that the glacier inside Iapetus has been affected to a certain extent and has been deformed, so the glacier forms a gap on the surface, and this gap is the equatorial ridge of Iapetus.
This gap is very regular, so some people think that it is a trace of an alien spacecraft, but after research by scientists, it is believed that it was formed by Iapetus itself.
There are also many mountains and valleys on the surface of Titan, which have an impact on the formation of the back.
The height and depth of these mountains and valleys are not the same, so they have different effects on the formation of the back, but the shape of the back is still very regular, and no traces of "welds" have been observed, so this back is formed by Iapetus itself.
The Cassini probe photographed the surface of Iapetus and sent back many valuable images of Iapetus's equatorial ridge in detail, revealing the peculiarities of Iapetus's equatorial ridge.
As one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus is of great scientific significance, and Enceladus has a thick crust of ice on the surface of the moon.
However, the thickness of this ice crust is affected by the rotation of Titan, so the thickness of the ice crust is not the same in different places.
This difference affects the surface of the satellite, so some special landforms will form on the surface of the satellite.
The Cassini probe photographed the surface of Iapetus, revealing the unique features of the surface.
The "weld" on Iapetus is very magical, this "weld" is formed by Enceladus itself, some people think that this is the trace of an alien spacecraft, but scientists do not believe that this is a trace of an alien spacecraft, but the formation of Titan itself.
Iapetus is a moon of Saturn, and the equatorial ridge of Iapetus forms a scientific mystery that scientists have also studied.
epilogue
There is still a lot of controversy about the formation mechanism of the equatorial ridge of Iapetus, but scientists will study the formation mechanism of the equatorial ridge of Iapetus based on the image data sent back by the Cassini probe and unveil the mystery of the equatorial ridge of Iapetus.
In the depths of the universe, our understanding of the universe is still only scratching the surface, and we still need to continue to explore in depth in order to understand the mysteries of the universe more deeply.
In the process, we will also discover many unknown things, so scientific exploration is never-ending.