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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › NeptuneNeptune - Wikipedia

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   Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It has a cold, icy and windy atmosphere, 16 moons, rings and a complex magnetic field.

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3. science.nasa.gov › neptuneNeptune - NASA Science

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   Neptune is the eighth and most distant planet from the Sun, with a blue atmosphere and 14 moons. Learn about its size, rings, history, and why it is an ice giant.

4. spaceplace.nasa.gov › all-about-neptune › enAll About Neptune | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

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   6 days ago · Learn about Neptune, the last and darkest planet in our solar system. Find out how it's similar to Uranus, how long it takes to orbit the sun, and what its rings and moons look like.

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   What is Neptune made of?

   • Neptune is dark, cold, and very windy. It's the last of the planets in our solar system. It's more than 30 times as far from the sun as Earth is. Neptune is very similar to Uranus. It's made of a thick fog of water, ammonia, and methane over an Earth-sized solid center. Its atmosphere is made of hydrogen, helium, and methane.

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   Is Neptune a hot planet?

   • Most (80% or more) of the planet's mass is made up of a hot dense fluid of "icy" materials – water, methane, and ammonia – above a small, rocky core. Of the giant planets, Neptune is the densest. Scientists think there might be an ocean of super hot water under Neptune's cold clouds.

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   Who discovered Neptune?

   • The ice giant Neptune was the first planet located through mathematical calculations. Using predictions made by Urbain Le Verrier, Johann Galle discovered the planet in 1846. The planet is named after the Roman god of the sea, as suggested by Le Verrier. Neptune's environment is not conducive to life as we know it.

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   Why is Neptune called a planet?

   • It is designated by the symbol ♆. Neptune is named for the Roman god of the sea, who is identified with the Greek deity Poseidon, a son of the Titan Cronus (the Roman god Saturn) and a brother of Zeus (the Roman god Jupiter). It is the second planet to have been found by means of a telescope.

   Neptune | Planet, Moons, Rings, Temperature, Mass, Diameter, & Facts

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   Is Neptune a gas giant?

   • Neptune, like Uranus, is an ice giant. It’s similar to a gas giant. It is made of a thick soup of water, ammonia, and methane flowing over a solid core about the size of Earth. Neptune has a thick, windy atmosphere. One day on Neptune goes by in 16 hours. Neptune has such a long journey around the Sun it takes 165 Earth years to go around once.

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   Is Neptune an ice giant?

   • Neptune is an ice giant. Most of its mass is a hot, dense fluid of "icy" materials – water, methane and ammonia – above a small rocky core. Neptune's atmosphere is made up mostly of molecular hydrogen, atomic helium and methane. Neptune has 14 known moons which are named after sea gods and nymphs in Greek mythology.

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6. www.britannica.com › place › Neptune-planetNeptune | Planet, Moons, Rings, Temperature, Mass, Diameter ...

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   4 days ago · Neptune is the third most massive planet and the eighth and outermost from the Sun. It has a blue-green atmosphere, 14 moons, six rings, and a powerful magnetic field. Learn about its discovery, history, and exploration.

   • Neptune was discovered on September 23, 1846. It is the second planet to be found using a telescope. Although Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich L...
   • Neptune has 14 moons (natural satellites). Before Voyager 2's flyby of the planet, Neptune's only known moons were Triton and Nereid. Neptune's moo...
   • Neptune’s outer atmosphere is composed predominantly of hydrogen and helium, contributing to 98 percent of the atmospheric molecules. Most of the r...
   • Neptune is the only giant planet that is not visible without a telescope. It has an apparent magnitude of 7.8 and is approximately one-fifth as bri...
   • Neptune’s color is a very vivid, bright blue, presumably an effect of the presence of methane and an unidentified atmospheric gas. With a small tel...

7. solarsystem.nasa.gov › planets › neptuneIn Depth | Neptune – NASA Solar System Exploration

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   Learn about Neptune, the eighth and most distant planet in our solar system, named after the Roman god of the sea. Find out about its size, orbit, moons, rings, structure, surface, atmosphere, and more.

8. space-facts.com › neptuneNeptune Facts - Interesting Facts about Planet Neptune

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   Learn about Neptune, the eighth and most distant planet from the Sun, and its features, rings, moons, and climate. Find out how Neptune was discovered, what it is named after, and how it compares to Earth and other planets.

9. science.nasa.gov › neptune › neptune-factsNeptune Facts - Science@NASA

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   Learn about Neptune, the eighth and most distant planet in our solar system, named after the Roman god of the sea. Find out about its size, orbit, moons, rings, structure, surface, atmosphere, and more.