DrSmirnoffe t1_jc2sdyt wrote
Reply to comment by jhairehmyah in Is there a type of precipitation that exists on other planets but not ours? Or theoretical precipitation that doesn’t happen here? by ButIHateTheTaste
More intensely at the poles, since the equator's typically too hot for bodies of "methanum" (that's what Atlas Pro coined to refer to liquid methane). In fact, despite Titan being a very cold world, most of the surface isn't cold enough for methane to condense into a liquid state, so the poles are typically where you'll find lakes of methanum.
puffic t1_jc3tjem wrote
I don’t think that’s correct as there’s very little difference in surface temperature between the poles and equator on Titan. It probably has more to do with Titan’s long seasons and it’s axial tilt. In any case there are equinoctial storms in Titan’s tropics, but the liquid methane seeps into the dry surface. There is some evidence that it flows back poleward within subsurface aquifers.
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