Titan Is Escaping Saturn's Grip Far Faster Than We Thought

As a result of the complex gravitational forces at work between a planet and its moon(s), all moons slowly drift away from their host planet. Our own moon is moving away at a rate of 1.5 inches a year. Titan however is a bit of a speed demon. I'm not sure what transpired between it and Saturn in the past, but Titan is in an awful hurry to get away. Every year, it gets 4.3 inches further away. Yeah, that's not very much, but honestly, what were you expecting? That 4.3 inches is actually 100 times what scientists were predicting, so in that regard, we're talking blazing speed here.