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Neptune
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By
Bridget Becica &
Chris Badroos
Where it is found in the Solar
System
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In Roman mythology Neptune (Greek:
Poseidon) was the god of the Sea.
Neptune is the 8th planet from the sun.
Neptune is 4,504,300,000 km from the
sun.
Description
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Size-1.02
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Shape-Neptune's shape is circler shape
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Color- The color of Neptune is dark blue
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Neptune takes 16 hours, 6 minutes and 36 seconds to
rotate once on its axis. That's about 2/3rds of an earth day.
Neptune takes 164 Years, 288 Days, 13.0 Hours to orbit the
sun.
Moons:Neptune has 13 known moons; 7 small named
One of Neptune’s Moons
One of Neptune’s Moons - Triton
It’s rings
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Images by Voyager 2 in 1989 discovered that the ring
system was found to contain several faint rings, the
outermost of which, Adams, contains three prominent arcs
now named Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.
The existence of arcs is very difficult to understand because
the laws of motion would predict that arcs spread out into a
uniform ring over very short timescales.
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The gravitational effects of Galatea, a moon just inward
from the ring, are now believed to confine the arcs.
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Several other rings were detected by the Voyager cameras.
Atmosphere & Special Features
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Temperature (highs/lows): Average of -373 Fahrenheit/-225
Celsius
Atmosphere: 74% hydrogen,
25% helium,
1% methane (at depth)
Special Markings- Neptune's most prominent feature is the Great
Dark Spot (left) in the southern
hemisphere. It is about half
the size as Jupiter's Great Red Spot (about the same diameter as
Earth). Neptune's winds blew the Great Dark Spot westward at
300 meters/second (700 mph). Voyager 2 also saw a smaller dark
spot in the southern hemisphere and a small irregular white cloud
that zips around Neptune every 16 hours or so now known as
"The Scooter" (right).
What we think
We think that Neptune pulled the outer
planets away from the inner planets
so that’s why there is that asteroid
space in the middle of the inner
planets and the outer planets.
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Recourses
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http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/nep
tune_worldbook.html
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/speci
al/neptune.htm