Neptune By Bridget Becica & Chris Badroos

Where it is found in the Solar System 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 x 1026 Size-1.02 Shape-Neptune's shape is circler shape Color- The color of Neptune is dark blue 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 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. The gravitational effects of Galatea, a moon just inward from the ring, are now believed to confine the arcs. Several other rings were detected by the Voyager cameras.

Atmosphere & Special Features 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.

Neptune

Recourses http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/neptune_worldbook.html http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/special/neptune.htm