Home Planets Universe Exploration Interactive News Links

Navigation Bar


hor_green_bar1.jpg Naiad hor_green_bar1.jpg


Naiad - courtesy NASANaiad is the last satellite of Neptune to be discovered. Like most other moons of Neptune, it was discovered through analysis of Voyager 2 photographs taken in 1989. The satellite lies 23,200 kilometers (14,400 miles) above Neptune's surface and orbits the planet once every 7 hours, 6 minutes. It is irregularly shaped and has absence of any evidence of geological activity. Like many other moons of Neptune, Naiad orbits Neptune in the same direction that the planet rotates and lies close to the equatorial plane.


PHYSICAL DATA FOR NAIAD
 Mass (kg)
 Mass (Earth = 1)
 Radius (km) 29
 Radius (Earth = 1) 4.5469e - 03
 Mean Density (g/cm3)
 Mean Distance from Neptune (km) 48,000
 Magnitude (V0) 24.7



ORBITAL DATA FOR NAIAD
 Rotational period (days)
 Orbital period (days) 0.294396
 Mean orbital velocity (km/s) 11.86
 Orbital eccentricity 0.0003
 Orbital inclination (degrees) 4.74
 Escape (km/s)
 Albedo 0.06



Physical Data Key
Mass Mass
Mass Mass compared to that of Earth.
Radius Radius
Radius Radius compared to that of Earth.
Mean Density Average Density.
Distance Distance to the planet's center.
Magnitude The brightness of a star or object.
Orbital Data Key
Rotational Period Number of days to make one complete rotation.
Orbital Period Number of days to obital the planet.
Mean Orbital Velocity Average obital speed.
Orbital Eccentricity Eccentricity.
Orbital Inclination The tilt of the moon or planet.
Escape Escape Velocity.
Albedo Visual geometric albedo.




  A Virtual Journey into the Universe - 1999 BACK