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NEPTUNE

Roman mythology-Roman God of The Sea

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Features

Earth Comparison

If You Were There

not discovered until 1846
4 thin rings
very similar to Uranus
one of the 4 gas giants
surrounded by methane clouds giving it a bluish appearance
when the Voyager 2 flew within 5,000 km. in 1989 it was the most distance planet in the solar system from the Sun
8 moons orbit the planet
Triton is the largest of Neptune's moon it is the only large moon that orbits its planet in a direction opposite that in which the planet spins
may contain diamonds
6 of the moons were not discovered until 1989

a year on Neptune takes 164.82 earth years

if you weigh 100 lbs. on earth you would weigh 119 lbs. on Neptune
if you were 10 on earth you would be a little over 2 days on Neptune

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*Features*	*Earth* *Comparison*	*If You Were There*
not discovered until 1846 4 thin rings very similar to Uranus one of the 4 gas giants surrounded by methane clouds giving it a bluish appearance when the Voyager 2 flew within 5,000 km. in 1989 it was the most distance planet in the solar system from the Sun 8 moons orbit the planet Triton is the largest of Neptune's moon it is the only large moon that orbits its planet in a direction opposite that in which the planet spins may contain diamonds 6 of the moons were not discovered until 1989	a year on Neptune takes 164.82 earth years	if you weigh 100 lbs. on earth you would weigh 119 lbs. on Neptune if you were 10 on earth you would be a little over 2 days on Neptune