Neptune

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Neptune is the eighth and farthest known major planet from the Sun, a cold, blue ice giant characterized by strong winds and a dynamic atmosphere.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object
gas giant planet
ice giant
outer planet
planet
albedo about 0.29
atmosphericComposition helium
hydrogen
methane
atmosphericFeature dynamic atmosphere
large storms
strong winds
axialTilt about 28.3 degrees
belongsTo Solar System
colorDescription blue
discoveredBy Johann Galle
Urbain Le Verrier
discoveryDate 1846-09-23
discoveryMethod mathematical prediction
distanceFromSun_km about 4.5 billion kilometers
distanceFromSun_mean about 30.1 astronomical units
equatorialDiameter about 49,244 kilometers
equatorialGravity about 11.15 m/s²
escapeVelocity about 23.5 km/s
exploredBy Voyager 2
surface form: "Voyager 2 spacecraft"
flybyDate_Voyager2 1989-08-25
hasMagneticField true
hasRingSystem true
internalStructure mantle of water ammonia and methane ices
outer envelope of hydrogen and helium
rocky core
largestMoon Triton
magneticFieldCharacteristic offset from planetary center
tilted relative to rotation axis
mass about 1.024e26 kilograms
massRelativeToEarth about 17.1 Earth masses
meanDensity about 1.64 g/cm³
meanRadius about 24,622 kilometers
moon Despina
Galatea
Larissa
Naiad
Arethusa
surface form: "Nereid"

Proteus
Thalassa
Triton
namedAfter Roman god of the sea
notableStorm Great Dark Spot
numberOfKnownMoons 14
orbitalEccentricity about 0.009
orbitalPeriod about 164.8 Earth years
positionInSolarSystem eighth planet from the Sun
ringName Adams ring
Arago ring
Galle ring
Arago ring
surface form: "Lassell ring"

Adams ring
surface form: "Le Verrier ring"
rotationPeriod about 16 hours
symbol
temperature_upperAtmosphere about −220 degrees Celsius
windSpeed_max about 2,100 km/h

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: "Imaging Science System"
this entity surface form: "Nettuno"
Voyager 2 firstFlybyOf Neptune
Sol gravitationallyBinds Neptune
Solar System hasComponent Neptune
Roman religion hasDeity Neptune
subject surface form: "Kuiper Belt object"
Solar System hasPlanet Neptune
Pluto inOrbitalResonanceWith Neptune
this entity surface form: "Neptune (gravitationally)"
(15760) 1992 QB1 isBeyond Neptune
Makemake isBeyond Neptune
Varuna locatedBeyond Neptune
Battle of Anzio location Neptune
this entity surface form: "Nettuno"
Ixion orbitalResonanceWith Neptune
Orcus orbitalResonanceWith Neptune
subject surface form: "Kuiper Belt object"
Poseidon romanEquivalent Neptune
Voyager program target Neptune