NEPTUNE
BY: JACKSON WALKER
Urbain Le Verrier
URABAIN LE VERRIER. ONE OF THE DISCOVERERS OF NEPTUNE. HE WAS A MATHEMATICIAN. HE PREDICATED WHERE THE UNKNOWN PLANET (NEPTUNE) WAS, ONLY USING MATH AND OBSERVING URANUS'S ORBIT.
JOHN GALLE
HE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM LE VERRIER, GIVING HIM THE COORDINATES FOR NEPTUNE. HE SAW NEPTUNE ONLY ONE DEGREE OFF OF WHERE LE VERRIER PREDICTED IT TO BE.
THE DAY THAT GALLE FOUND NEPTUNE WAS SEPTEMBER 23, 1846
NEPTUNE
THIS IS NEPTUNE.
IT IS THE 8TH PLANET FROM THE SUN
IT IS ALSO THE LAST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
1 UPPER ATMOSPHERE
2 ATMOSPHERE
3 MANTLE
4 CORE
FUN FACT: THE CORE OF NEPTUNE IS ABOUT AS BIG AS EARTH
THE DARK SPOT
IT, LIKE JUPITER'S RED SPOT, IS AN ANTICYCLONIC STORM, BUT IT IS DIFFERENT FROM JUPITER'S RED SPOT BECAUSE IT FORMS AND DEFORMS EVERY FEW YEARS. JUPITER'S STORM HAS BEEN THERE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS AND IS STILL THERE TODAY.
THIS IS HOW BIG THE EARTH LOOKS NEXT TO NEPTUNE.
WILLIAM LASSEL
THIS IS THE DISCOVERER OF TRITON THE BIGGEST OF NEPTUNE'S 13 MOONS.
FUN FACT HE FOUND TRITON ONLY 17 DAYS AFTER NEPTUNE HAD BEEN FOUND!!
TRITON
TRITON IS NEPTUNE'S BIGGEST MOON BY FAR. IT IS THE ONLY MOON THAT REVOLVES AROUND A PLANET BACKWARDS.TRITON IS THE ONLY MOON THAT IS GEOLOGICALLY ACTIVE.
FUN FACT
TRITON IS BELIEVED TO ONCE HAVE BEEN A DWARF PLANET. THEN IT FELL INTO NEPTUNE'S GRAVITATIONAL PULL.
THIS IS PROTEUS IT IS NEPTUNE'S SECOND LARGEST MOON.
VOYAGER 2
THE VOYAGER 2 IS THE 1ST AND ONLY SPACECRAFT TO HAVE TRAVELED TO NEPTUNE AND URANUS. ALL PICS AND MOST OF THE INFO WE HAVE ABOUT NEPTUNE COMES FROM VOYAGER 2.