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Neptune. Eric Otto. Neptune’s Symbol. Roman god of seas Poseidon Color Not used god. Neptune’s Name. Johann Gottfried Galle Urbain Le Verrier Heinrich Lois d’ Arrest John Couch Adams Uranus’s orbit Telescope Triton. The Discovery of Neptune. Order: 8 th
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Neptune Eric Otto
Roman god of seas • Poseidon • Color • Not used god Neptune’s Name
Johann Gottfried Galle • Urbain Le Verrier • Heinrich Lois d’ Arrest • John Couch Adams • Uranus’s orbit • Telescope • Triton The Discovery of Neptune
Order: 8th • D. from Sun: approx. 4,460,000,000-4,540,000,000 • D. from Earth: approx. 430,000,000,000 Relative Location
Mass: about 17.2 times Earth’s size (102.4E24 kg) • Volume: approx. 62,525,703,987,421 km³ • Density: 1,638 kg • Sink: no, composition too heavy • Gravity: about 1.12 times Earth’s Measurements/data
Orbit: 165 Earth years • Rotation: about 19.1 Earth hours Orbit/Rotation
1% Methane other • 80% hydrogen, 19% helium • Thick Atmosphere
Average 73 K (-328) • Tilted more than Earth (30) • Over 390 degrees colder than Florida • Extreme seasons Temperature
Gas giant • Windy and cold • Mantle of ammonia and methane ices • Core iron and magnesium • Size of Uranus • Dark blue • Dark storms can appear Neptune’s appearance
Similar to most gas giants • Dark spots can form (storms) • Similar to Jupiter’s red spots • Scooter • Goes around the planet Neptune’s Weather
Four rings • Inferred that rings are young and short lived • Disappearing rapidly • Dark • Found in 1989 Neptune’s Rings
14 moons • Triton- largest and has ice on it, with a thick atmosphere, in retrograde: 1846 • Nereid- third largest, distance from Neptune varies from 1,353,600 to 9,623,700 km: 1949 • Naiad- smallest named moon, closest to Neptune: 1989 • Thalassa- second closest to Neptune irregularly shaped: 1989 • Despina- small moon near Neptune: 1989 • Galatea- small moon that is close to Neptune: 1989 • Larissa- non-spherical moon that is heavily cratered: 1989 • Proteus- second largest moon that is dark and close to Neptune (irregular): 1989 • Halimede- retrograde: rumored to be part of Nereid: 2002 • Psamathe- takes 25 years to orbit, retrograde: 2003 • Sao-Kozai resonance, inclination of orbit decreases, eccentricity increases, vice versa: 2002 • Laoredeia- one of the small moons of Neptune: 2002 • Neso- 48,000,000 km away, farthest moon in SS, 26.67 revolution: 2002 • S/2004 N1 (unnamed) unnamed, smallest satellite: 2004 The moons of Neptune
All water present is ice • Mostly in gas and rings Water
Freeze instantly • Too much pressure • Winds would smash you against objects • Gas giant- no true ground except core/ fall to death A visit to Neptune
Winds can reach 2,000 km, making it fastest winds in solar system • Causes storms (dark spots) • Dissipates in a few years Special facts
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