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Neptune was the name that ancient Romans gave to the Greek god of the sea and
earthquakes, Poseidon. He was the brother of Jupiter (Zeus) and of Pluto (Hades). After
the defeat of their father Saturn (Cronos), the three brothers divided the world in three
parts to be ruled by one of the three brothers. Jupiter took the sky, Neptune the sea and
Pluto the underworld. Neptune had the reputation for having a violent temper. Tempests
and earthquakes were a reflection of his furious rage. He was depicted as a bearded
man holding a trident and seated in a seashell drawn by sea-horses. One day Neptune
saw the water nymph Amphitrite dancing in the island of Naxos and fell in love with her.
He promptly asked her to marry him but unfortunately she refused. However, not
discouraged by Amphitrite refusal, Neptune sent one of his servants, a dolphin to look for
her. The dolphin found her, and pleaded Neptune's cause so persuasively that she
changed her mind. As a reward for finding and returning Amphitrite to him, Neptune
immortalized the dolphin by placing it in the heavens as the constellation Dolphinus.
Neptune and Amphitrite had several children. Among them was Triton whose name was
given in 1846 by William Lassell to the principal moon of the planet Neptune.
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•http://kids.nineplanets.org/title.htm
•http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChi
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•http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/
•http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/plane
ts.html
•http://www.kids-and-space.com/
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