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Click a heavenly body to go there! Hello and welcome to Neptune, the 8th planet from the sun. As we leave the aircraft, you will
need to put on a very thick snowsuit, a hat and thick gloves, because the temperature here is
-346 degrees Fahrenheit! Also, you will need to wear a jet-pack because Neptune is the fourth
gas giant in the Milky Way Galaxy. This means that there are no solid parts on the surface.
Neptune is the fourth to the biggest planet, with a diameter of about 30,760 miles. Neptune was dicovered in 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle, a successful astronomer. Right now we are 2,800 miles from the sun. If you look to the right, Earth is supposed to be in that space of black. The reason you can't see it is because Neptune is so far from Earth, that you can't see it with the naked eye. Well, our time on Neptune is just about up, so let's to the next planet in our solar system, Pluto! |