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Neptune The 8 th Planet From The Sun By: Tanner L. Rosquist
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Neptune. The 8 th Planet From The Sun By: Tanner L. Rosquist. Neptune. It is the 8 th and farthest planet from the sun in our solar system It is in the Milky Way galaxy It orbits around the sun. Discovery and Naming. Naming. Discovery. Discovered on September 23,1846 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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NeptuneThe 8th Planet From The Sun
By: Tanner L. Rosquist
Neptune
It is the 8th and farthest planet from the sun in our solar system
It is in the Milky Way galaxy
It orbits around the sun
Discovery and Naming
Naming
Named after Roman and Greek god of the sea.
Was going to be named Le Verrier after one of its founders but the name was not accepted by the international astronomical community.
Discovery
Discovered on September 23,1846
Discovered by Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams, and Johann Galle.
Size and Composition of Neptune
Circumference: 96,129 miles
Volume: 15,000,714,125,712 miles^3
Diameter: 30,598.8 miles
Radius: 15,299.4 miles
Surface area: 2,941,431,558 square miles
Mass: 102,410,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
Made of : hydrogen, helium, methane (h2, he,ch4)
Exploration of Neptune
Voyager 2 flew by on August 25,1989. It also took a fly by of Neptune’s biggest moon Triton.
Awesome Features
Has 6 thin rings.
Has the most powerful winds in the solar system.
The methane in its atmosphere is what makes it blue.
Sometimes it is purple.
Has giant storms similar to Jupiter.
Once had a storm as big as the Earth called the great dark spot similar to the great red spot on Jupiter.
Neptune’s Moons
A moon is a natural satellite that orbits a planet. Neptune has 13 moons from largest to smallest they are Triton, Nereid, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Proteus, Halimede, Psamathe, Sao, Laomedeia, and Neso. Neptune’s largest moon Triton is on of the coldest surfaces in the solar system because so little sunlight hits its surface. Its temperatures reach around -400°F.
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