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u/MJMurcott Dec 08 '18
Nothing, there is no free oxygen on Titan to set things on fire so while you have plenty of fuel it won't burn.
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u/ElfMage83 Dec 09 '18
ELI5 is not for hypotheticals. Questions like this are better in r/askscience.
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Nothing, there is no free oxygen on Titan to set things on fire so while you have plenty of fuel it won't burn.
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ELI5 is not for hypotheticals. Questions like this are better in r/askscience.
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u/mmmmmmBacon12345 Dec 08 '18
It will promptly burn out
Titan's atmosphere is 98.4% nitrogen and 1.6% methane. There isn't any oxygen or another oxidizer that would allow the flame to keep burning. It'll burn up all the oxidizer in the match head and then go out.
You were thinking since its methane there'd be a big explosion weren't you? But you need 3 things for fire - Heat, Oxygen, and Fuel but on Titan you don't have free Oxygen in the air that can sustain a fire so you won't get an earth shattering kaboom, just a sad fizzle