Neptune
By: Fatema Neemuchwala
Discovery and Facts
- Galileo's observation
- farther than it use to be
- Urbain Le Verrier & Johann Galle
- Mathematically estimated the location and other planets helped
- 8th planet from sun
- Gas and Ice planet
- Voyager 2
- Pluto's orbit's interaction
4,498,396,441 km orbit
164.79 Earth years orbit
surface temperature -201 °C
Layers
M.I.H.H.R.
Mantle is water and methane ice
- Inner core is mainly rock
- Blue: methane gas
- Internal heat source
Great Dark Spot
- Half of Earth's diameter
- Smaller Dark Spot
- SDS aka Wizard's Eye
- Anticyclones
- Difference in temperature
- The Scooter
Moons (Triton) and Rings
- 13 Moons
- Triton
- Coldest
- Retro Grid
- Dwarf Planet
- Active with Geysers
- Ice particles and dust grains (rings)
- Faint and unstable
Moons (Triton)
Rings
Summary
What Is Neptune?
Bibliography
Delehanty, Marc, Kelly Kizer Whitt, Lydia Lousteaux, and Brenda Culbertson. "Neptune, Gas Giant with Great Dark Spot." Neptune, Gas Giant with Great Dark Spot. NASA and ESA, n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2014.
- "Neptune." L Facts, Pictures and Information. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2014.
"Neptune Facts." Space Facts RSS. Space Facts 2014, n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2014.