What do we know? Pre-Cassini

It is likely that Titan has a methane/ethane cycle similar to the water cycle on Earth:

http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~boer/classes/atoc5810/titan_methane/intro.htm

I remind you that on Titan, methane is close to its triple point and probably exhibits some weird behavior in the atmosphere.

The methane cycle is a possible way to cycle material to/from the surface of the moon.

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