NEPTUNE

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NEPTUNE'S POSITION

• Eighth planet from the Sun
• 30.07 astronomical units from the Sun
• Farthest planet from the Sun

CHARECTERISTICS

• Average temp. -353 degrees farenheit (-214 degrees celsius)
• 13 moons with an average of 1700 miles in diameter
• 4.5 billion years old
• Made of 80% hydrogen, 19% helium and 1.5% other
• Contains visable clouds and has a diameter of49,525 kilometers

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MORE CHARECTERISTICS

• The gases take in light but reflects the blue
• The dark spot is not stable
• The mantle is made of water, ammonia, and methane gass
• The core is liquid rock
• The dark spot moves at super sonic speeds

PROBE INFO

• Probe sent in 1989
• Built to capture pictures of planets and moons
• Satellites also took pictures of the planet
• They have only sent one probe to it
• The probe was called Voyager 2

CONDITIONS

• The interior is hot do to the formation of the planet
• Called the blue planet
• The surface is very cold
• It has a storm on it even more powerful than Jupiter's red spot
• The temperature is cold so it causes many storms

HOW TO SUSTAIN LIFE

• Needs solid surface
• Needs water
• Needs warmer climate
• Needs breathable atmosphere

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FACTS

• Neptune's diameter is more than six time earths diameter
• Neptune is the smallest of the gas planets
• The gravity is almost earthlike
• Neptune has the strongest winds in the solar system
• Neptune coldest planet in the solar system

MORE FACTS

• Tritan, a moon, is colder than the planet
• Neptune's rotation is fast; 18 hours = 1 earth day
• Neptune was made near earth but traveled to its current location
• Neptune has a thin layer of rings
• Neptune takes 164.8 earth years to revolve around the sun

TRITAN FACTS

• Neptune captured triton in its orbit
• Tritan takes 5.877 days to orbit neptune
• Tritan doesnt rotate, it just relvolves
• Tritan has geyser like eruptions on its surface
• Neptune's most famous moon

ANY QUESTIONS

CREDITS

• Michael wyatt- production chief
• Lewis smith- associate editor/ reasearcher
• Adam Maytin- senior editor/ reasearcher