Neptune
By Andre, Jackson, Walter, and Nathaniel
Common name and Mythology
Common name is Neptune
Nicknames:
The Blue Planet
The Last of Gas Giants
Oceanus
Named after the Roman God of Water, Poseidon, because of its blue and waterlike look.
Position
● 8th Planet from the Sun[4.498 Billion Km]● Diameter[49,500 Km]● 3.9x Larger than Earth
Number of Natural Satellites
13 Moons
Names:
Tritonus
Proteus
Laomedeia
Neso
Examples:
Triton Neso
Satellite sent to Neptune
The Voyager 2 approached Neptune on August 25, 1989.
It gathered as much information as it could on Neptune and Triton.
Pictures Taken by Voyager 2
Revolution
Revolution Period: 60,182 (164.8 earth years)
Rotation Period: 16.11 hours
Atmosphere:
80% Hydrogen
19% Helium
1% Methane
Neptune’s Revolution and Rotation
Composition of the surface
Because Neptune is a gaseous planet, it has no definite shape or surface. Neptunes gases turn into water, methane ices, and has a core mainly made up of ice.
Travel/Effects
It took the Voyager 2, 12 years to get from Earth, to Neptune.
Neptune receives 1/1000 of the sunlight Earth does, keeping the planet extremely cold, the average temperature of Neptune is -353 degrees Fahrenheit.
Interesting FactsNeptune has very extreme storm systems, winds reach 1,300 MPH consistently. The fastest recorded hurricane speed on Earth was Hurricane Allen, which maxed out at 190 MPH, for 1 single minute.
Neptune has the second highest gravity, second only to jupiter.
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