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

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represents Neptune
this entity surface form: planet Neptune
represents Neptune
this entity surface form: astrological planet Neptune
representsInAstrology Neptune
this entity surface form: outer planet Neptune
Johann Galle discovered Neptune
subject surface form: Johann Gottfried Galle
Pisces rulingPlanet Neptune
Namaka isBeyond Neptune
Despina orbits Neptune
Despina tidallyLockedTo Neptune
Triton orbits Neptune
Triton isLargestMoonOf Neptune
Triton isTidallyLockedTo Neptune
Larissa orbits Neptune
Larissa primary Neptune
Larissa isTidallyLockedTo Neptune
Paris Observatory contributedToDiscoveryOf Neptune
this entity surface form: Neptune (via Urbain Le Verrier)
Kuiper Belt locatedBeyond Neptune
Jupiter sibling Neptune
Saturn parentOf Neptune
Pluto sibling Neptune
Voyager imaging team studies Neptune
2004 DW orbitalResonanceWith Neptune
2004 DW isBeyond Neptune
90482 Orcus (2004 DW) hasOrbitalResonanceWith Neptune
subject surface form: 90482 Orcus
90482 Orcus (2004 DW) isInMeanMotionResonance Neptune
subject surface form: 90482 Orcus
Peters setting Neptune
this entity surface form: Orbit of Neptune