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Dark, cold and whipped by supersonic winds, giant Neptune is the eighth and most distant major planet orbiting our Sun. More than 30 times as far from the Sun as Earth, Neptune is not visible to the naked eye.
Neptune is the eighth and most distant planet in our solar system. It was discovered in 1846. Neptune has 16 known moons.
Galileo recorded Neptune as a fixed star during observations with his small telescope in 1612 and 1613. More than 200 years later, the ice giant Neptune became the first planet located through mathematical predictions rather than through regular observations of the sky.
Neptune has 16 known moons. English merchant and astronomer William Lassell discovered the first and largest moon – Triton – on Oct. 10, 1846, just 17 days after a Berlin observatory discovered Neptune.
This photograph of Neptune was reconstructed from two images taken by NASA Voyager 2. At the north top is the... These thermal images show a hot south pole on the planet Neptune.
In the summer of 1989, NASA's Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to observe the planet Neptune up close, its final planetary target.
This image of Neptune shows the discovery of shadows in Neptune atmosphere, shadows cast onto a deep cloud band by... This contrast enhanced color picture of Neptune was acquired by NASA Voyager 2 on Aug. 14, 1989.
Aug 8, 1999 · The two main rings, about 53,000 km (33,000 miles) and 63,000 km (39,000 miles) from Neptune, are 5 to 10 times brighter than in earlier images. The difference is due to lighting and viewing geometry.
Feb 15, 2022 · Neptune: Minus 330°F (-200°C) Dwarf Planet Pluto: Minus 375°F (-225°C) This graphic shows the mean temperatures of various destinations in our solar system.
The solar system has eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. There are five officially recognized dwarf planets in our solar system: Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris.
