All about Neptune
By: Kanya Hudson
10 Fun Facts
- Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third-largest by mass. Among the giant planets in the Solar System, Neptune is the most dense.
- After Pluto was declassified as a planet, Neptune became the farthest planet from the sun. Neptune's diameter is about 30,200 miles or almost 4 times the Earth's diameter. The planet was named after the Roman sea God.
- Neptune is so far away that it took the space probe Voyager 2, 12 years to reach it.
- Neptune is the stormiest planet. The winds there can blow up to 1,240 miles per hour, that is three times as fast as Earth's Hurricanes.
- The planet has has a system of thin dark rings but they are incomplete rings and are best described as arcs.
- Neptune is a sea blue color due to the methane gas in its atmosphere.
- Neptune once had a great dark spot similar to Jupiter.
- Neptune only receives 1/900 of the solar energy that reaches Earth.
- Neptune has its own heat source, it emits a quantity of energy 2.7 times greater than it receives.
- Neptune has 19 known moons.
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Neptune's magnetic field is, like Uranus', oddly oriented and probably generated by motions of conductive material (probably water) in its middle layers.
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Neptune can be seen with binoculars (if you know exactly where to look) but a large telescope is needed to see anything other than a tiny disk.
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Like Uranus and Jupiter, Neptune's rings are very dark but their composition is unknown.
Four Questions
- What do i wear here? What you wear is long pants,long shirt,jacket,boots/sneakers.
- What does the surface of the planet look like?The surface is rocky and blue.
- How would humans protect themselves on the planet?They would protect themselves with a weapon they have to have a permanent for or a protection dog.
- How many moons does the planet have?Neptune has 19 known moons.
Fun things to do on Neptune
- Space walk
- Find cool things