About Neptune

Neptune is named after the Roman god of the sea and is the eighth and last planet in our solar system. It is an "Ice Giant" and is a cold dark and icy ocean world of methane.

Credit, BBC Sky at Night Magazine, https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/a-guide-to-the-planets-neptune/

Credit, National Geographic - Neptune 101

Facts about Neptune

1. Orbital period: 165 years

2. Distance from Sun: 4.495 billion km

3. Surface area: 7.618 billion km²

4. Discovered: 23 September 1846

5. Length of day: 0d 16h 6m

6. tilt: 28 degrees

Atmosphere

Its atmosphere is made of a thick soup of water, ammonia, and methane over an Earth-sized solid centre. Its atmosphere is made of hydrogen, helium, and methane.

Neptune has rings as discovered by the James Webb Telescope

Neptune has 6 rings made of ringlets of dust.

Credit, Universe today

https://www.universetoday.com/21635/rings-of-neptune/

Moons

Neptune has 14 moons. The main moons are; Triton, Thalassa, Hippocamp, Nereid, Galatea, Despina

Credit: NASA: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/neptune-moons/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=name+asc&search=&placeholder=Enter+moon+name&condition_1=90%3Aparent_id&condition_2=moon%3Abody_type%3Ailike

Triton

Thalassa

Hippocamp

Nerid

Galatea

Desphina

Visits to Neptune

Voyager 2 visited Neptune in August 25 1989.

Credit Wired, https://www.wired.com/2010/08/0825voyager2-neptune/

More information on Neptune can be found in:

https://www.wycombeastro.com/event-details/lecture-professor-patrick-irwin-uranus-and-neptune-the-solar-systems-ice-giants

Cheers

Mark Brown