Neptune

The smallest and coldest of the four gas giants, as well as the most distant from the Sun, Neptune is the windiest planet in our Solar System

Inside Neptune A cross-section of the smallest gas giant DID YOU KNOW?Neptune is not visible to the naked eye, with a small telescope necessary to discern it as a star-like point of light Triton Learning more about Neptune’s massive moon While Neptune has 13 moons in total (four in its ring system and nine out), it has only one major moon – Triton. Triton was the first of Neptune’s moons to be discovered, just 17 days after the discovery of the planet was announced in 1846, and it is bigger than the dwarf planet Pluto. It follows a circular orbit around Neptune and exhibits a synchronous rotation, meaning that the same side always faces inwards. At both of its poles bands of nitrogen frost and snow are projected and redistributed by solar winds over its…

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