PRESENTATION OUTLINE
How did Neptune get its name?
Neptune is 3.9 times bigger than Earth in diameter.
Neptune is 2,798,000,000 miles from the sun.
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- Neptune cannot support life.
Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System.
Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth.
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- Neptune more massive than its near-twin Uranus.
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- Neptune orbits the Sun at an average distance of 30.1 AU.
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- One day on Neptune takes about 16 hours.
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- Neptune is a sister ice giant to Uranus.
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- Neptune's atmosphere is made up mostly of hydrogen, helium, and methane.
Neptune is 14% stronger than the pull of gravity on Earth.
The diameter of Neptune is approximately 49,500 km.
Neptune is 1/19 of Jupiter
There are 164.79 days on Neptune.