Neptune
by: Cristty Nicolle Castillo
New technology....Voyager 2
The US launched Voyager on August 20,1977
Its mission was to explore the solar systems outer planets.Voyager 1's mission was to explore the outer solar system. Voyager 1 was launched 16 days after Voyager 2 {September 5, 1977}. Space exploration was not just searching for Neptune it was searching for the whole solar system, that's why it was important.
What was discovered of Neptune?
- Many people believed that Neptune was a gas giant, well Neptune is actually a ice giant.
- Neptune has a hot rock core
- Neptune has a thick atmosphere
- Neptune has the fastest wind speeds in the solar system reaching 1,000 miles per hour
- Neptune has 11 moons the biggest is tritent
- tritent is the coldest place in the solar system
- Voyager 2 reached Neptune in 12 years
- Neptune's is surrounded by ring arcs {incomplete rings}
- Neptune has 2 cyclones called The great dark spot and Dz or The wizards eye