1. { Neptune Eric Otto

2. Neptune’s Symbol

3.  Roman god of seas  Poseidon  Color  Not used god Neptune’s Name

4.  Johann Gottfried Galle  Urbain Le Verrier  Heinrich Lois d’ Arrest  John Couch Adams  Uranus’s orbit  Telescope  Triton The Discovery of Neptune

5.  Order: 8 th  D. from Sun: approx. 4,460,000,000-4,540,000,000  D. from Earth: approx. 430,000,000,000 Relative Location

6.  Mass: about 17.2 times Earth’s size ()  Mass: about 17.2 times Earth’s size (102.4E24 kg)  Volume: approx. 62,525,703,987,421 km  Volume: approx. 62,525,703,987,421 km³  Density: 1,638 kg  Sink: no, composition too heavy  Gravity: about 1.12 times Earth’s Measurements/data

7.  Orbit: 165 Earth years  Rotation: about 19.1 Earth hours Orbit/Rotation

8.  1% Methane other  80% hydrogen, 19% helium  Thick Atmosphere

9.  Average 73 K (-328)  Tilted more than Earth (30)  Over 390 degrees colder than Florida  Extreme seasons Temperature

10.  Gas giant  Windy and cold  Mantle of ammonia and methane ices  Core iron and magnesium  Size of Uranus  Dark blue  Dark storms can appear Neptune’s appearance

11.  Similar to most gas giants  Dark spots can form (storms)  Similar to Jupiter’s red spots  Scooter  Goes around the planet Neptune’s Weather

12.  Four rings  Inferred that rings are young and short lived  Disappearing rapidly  Dark  Found in 1989 Neptune’s Rings

13.  14 moons  Triton- largest and has ice on it, with a thick atmosphere, in retrograde: 1846  Nereid- third largest, distance from Neptune varies from 1,353,600 to 9,623,700 km: 1949  Naiad- smallest named moon, closest to Neptune: 1989  Thalassa- second closest to Neptune irregularly shaped: 1989  Despina- small moon near Neptune: 1989  Galatea- small moon that is close to Neptune: 1989  Larissa- non-spherical moon that is heavily cratered: 1989  Proteus- second largest moon that is dark and close to Neptune (irregular): 1989  Halimede- retrograde: rumored to be part of Nereid: 2002  Psamathe- takes 25 years to orbit, retrograde: 2003  Sao-Kozai resonance, inclination of orbit decreases, eccentricity increases, vice versa: 2002  Laoredeia- one of the small moons of Neptune: 2002  Neso- 48,000,000 km away, farthest moon in SS, 26.67 revolution: 2002  S/2004 N1 (unnamed) unnamed, smallest satellite: 2004 The moons of Neptune

14.  All water present is ice  Mostly in gas and rings Water

15.  Freeze instantly  Too much pressure  Winds would smash you against objects  Gas giant- no true ground except core/ fall to death A visit to Neptune

16.  Winds can reach 2,000 km, making it fastest winds in solar system  Causes storms (dark spots)  Dissipates in a few years Special facts

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