Neptune
By: Nia Scott
- 8th Planet from the Sun
- 2.7 billion miles from the Sun
- Uranus is the closest planet to Neptune ( 1.62 billion miles)
- Thick,icy , and windy
- " Ice Giant"
- Other names ~ " Poseidon"
- 14 known moons, most distant planet, smallest of the gas giants, gravity is almost earth like,strongest winds in the solar system
- no definite surface
- Mass is 17.15
- 13 known moons
- 165 year orbital period
- Rotational period 18 hours
- Myth : The God of freshwater and sea in Roman religion