Overview

Namesake: Roman god of the sea

Discovered: September 23, 1846 by Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams, and Johann Galle (independently)

Type: Ice giant

Distance from the Sun: 30.07 AU (2.8 billion miles); 8th planet from the sun

Year: 165 earth days

Day: 16 earth days

Effective temperature: -353° F

Diameter: 30,598.8 miles

Atmosphere: hydrogen, helium, methane

Rings: 6

Moons: 14 (1 awaiting confirmation)

Other Information:

-The Great Dark Spot was a storm, discovered by Voyager in 1989, in Neptune's northern hemisphere big enough to fit an entire Earth. It has since disappeared.

-It was the first planet discovered through mathematical predictions.

-It has winds of more than 1,200 mph.

-It is blue because the methane gas in its atmosphere absorbs red light.

-It may have a solid core the size of Earth.

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