Titania is the largest of the five major moons of Uranus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1787, and it is the eighth largest moon in the solar system. It is primarily composed of water ice, and it has a heavily cratered surface with large rift valleys, and also it has a diameter of about 1,578 km (981 mi).
Examples of Titania missions include:
- The Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus in 1986 and it was able to take some images of Titania, but the images were not of high resolution.
- The proposed Europa Clipper mission of NASA, which is planned to launch in the 2020s, it plans to study Uranus and its moons, including Titania, as a secondary objective. The spacecraft would carry a suite of scientific instruments to study the geology, composition, and potential habitability of Uranus' moons, including Titania.
- The proposed Uranus Orbiter and Probe mission of NASA, which is planned to launch in the 2030s, it plans to study Uranus and its moons, including Titania, as its main objective. The spacecraft would carry a suite of scientific instruments to study the geology, composition, and potential habitability of Uranus' moons, including Titania.
- The proposed Uranus Explorer mission of the European Space Agency (ESA), which is planned to launch in the 2030s, it plans to study Uranus and its moons, including Titania, as its main objective. The spacecraft would carry a suite of scientific instruments to study the geology, composition, and potential habitability of Uranus' moons, including Titania.
Titania is of interest to scientists and space agencies due to its potential to provide insights into the geology, composition, and potential habitability of Uranus' moons, as well as to the planet's formation and evolution. The study of Titania and other Uranus' moons can provide new insights into the early solar system and the formation of the outer planets.