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Triton is the only moon in our solar system that orbits its planet in a retrograde orbit whilst Pluto orbits the Sun in a counterclockwise orbit like all the other planets. Summary Although both Triton and Pluto are tidally locked to another entity, have no magnetosphere and have a rocky and ice based surface, there are still a number of factors that distinguish the two from one another.
It shares many similarities with Pluto, the best known world of the Kuiper Belt. Like our own moon, Triton is locked in synchronous rotation with Neptune―one side faces the planet at all times. But because of its unusual orbital inclination both polar regions take turns facing the Sun. Triton has a diameter of 1,680 miles (2,700 kilometers).
s largest moon, Triton. Triton is only sl. htly larger than Pluto. Both worlds have similar surface materials, such as nitrogen, met. ne and carbon monoxide. Their diameters, masses and densiti. are amazingly similar. Both Triton and Pluto may also have originated.
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Nov 30, 2018 · Triton's crust is 55% nitrogen ice, with other ices (like water ice and frozen carbon dioxide) mixed in: the same ratios as Pluto. Triton has a reddish color to it, thought to be from methane ice ...
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[48] [49] [12] Like Pluto's atmosphere, the atmosphere of Triton is thought to result from the evaporation of nitrogen from its surface. [27] Its surface temperature is at least 35.6 K (−237.6 °C) because Triton's nitrogen ice is in the warmer, hexagonal crystalline state, and the phase transition between hexagonal and cubic nitrogen ice occurs at that temperature. [ 50 ]
Scientists think Triton probably came from the Kuiper Belt, a band of icy objects beyond Neptune that includes Pluto. Neptune’s gravity may have pulled Triton into its orbit long ago. Triton is sometimes compared with Pluto: the two worlds have similar masses, diameters, and surface materials, although their topographies are somewhat different.
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A 3D model of Triton, a moon of Neptune. Triton has a diameter of 1,680 miles (2,700 kilometers). Spacecraft images show the moon has a sparsely cratered surface with smooth volcanic plains, mounds and round pits formed by icy lava flows. Triton consists of a crust of frozen nitrogen over an icy mantle believed to cover a core of rock and metal.
