Titan drifts away from Saturn 100 times faster than expected

Saturn’s largest moon Titan is now expanding from Saturn at a rate 100 times faster than scientists had previously predicted as reported by a new study. This speed of drifting is about 4 inches every year.

Titan was born close to the planet. But over the course of 4.5 billion years, Titan has migrated out to where it orbits currently, approximately 746,000 miles (1.2 million km) away from the planet.

The reason for the moon to drift away from their host planets is because as the moon’s orbit, their gravitational pull on the planet creates a temporary bulge on the planet. This will increase the energy exerted by the planet on its moon.

Saturn has a total of 82 moons and the planet has the biggest moon ‘Titan’.