Neptune

Surface of Neptune

When Pluto passes into Neptune’s orbit during its revolution around the Sun, Neptune the 8th planet from the Sun becomes the outermost planet in the Solar System for a long period. Although categorized as one of the giant gas planets along with Uranus and Jupiter, Neptune’s rocky core is only a bit larger than of

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Who Discovered Neptune

The fourth biggest planet in the Solar System, Neptune is named after the god of the sea, Neptune, from Roman mythology. Neptune is one of the three planets that were not visible to the human eye; the other two planets are Uranus and Pluto (now classified as a dwarf planet). Unlike the other five planets,

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Moons of Neptune

There are 13 moons discovered to orbit around the 8th planet of the solar system, Neptune. The first, and the largest, moon, Triton, to be discovered was found just 17 days after the planet itself was discovered. After Triton’s discovery, it took another century for astronomers to find the second moon of Neptune.

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Rings of Neptune

Unlike the rings of its neighbor Saturn, Neptune’s rings are faint and less dense. Even the densest of the five rings of Neptune pale in comparison to the less dense rings of Saturn. It is comparable to Jupiter’s rings that are mostly made of dust particles. These five Neptune rings were discovered by the Voyager

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The Atmosphere of Neptune

There are two main layers that compose Neptune’s atmosphere: the troposphere and the stratosphere. In the troposphere the temperature decreases as the altitude increases. The opposite is true for the stratosphere. The temperature increases as the altitude increases. The area which separates the two is known as the tropopause.

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