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Neptune has thirteen known moons. The largest by far is Triton, discovered by William Lassell just seventeen days after the discovery of Neptune itself. It took about one hundred years to discover the...
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The Moons of Neptune ... The rest of Neptune's moons are much smaller than Triton. Nereid was discovered by Gerard Kuiper in 1949. Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Naiad, Proteus and Thalassa were found by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989. Five more small moons have been found recently.
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Neptune's Moons. Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun in our solar system. ... The moon Triton is the coldest measured object in our Solar System, and Nereid is the Solar System object with the most eccentric orbit. The moons of Neptune in order of distance from Neptune.
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Neptune has 13 known moons. They are composed of rock and ice. Triton has a retrograde orbit. Nereid has a highly elliptical orbit. Voyager 2 discovered 6 ... The first four moons of Neptune, Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, and Galatea, are so close to Neptune that they orbit within its ring system. Little is known about them.
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The New Moons of Neptune ... Neptune has two large moons that are easily seen from Earth, Triton and Nereid. Voyager 2 discovered six additional moons. One of these is actually larger than Nereid, but could not be seen easily from Earth because it orbits close to Neptune.
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Since Neptune was named for the Roman god of the sea, its moons were named for various lesser sea gods and nymphs in Greek mythology. ... SSE Home > Planets > Neptune > Moons ... Neptune's Moons...
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Neptune/Earth Comparison ... Neptune Earth Ratio (Neptune/Earth) Semimajor axis (106 km) 4,495.06 149.60 30.047 Sidereal orbit period (days) 60,189. 365.256 164.79 Tropical orbit period (days) 59,799.9 365.242 163.73 Perihelion (106 km) 4,444.45 147.09 30.216 Aphelion (106 km) 4,545.67 152 ... Neptune Observational Parameters...
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Color image of Neptune showing its "Great Dark Spot". P-34611C 59K ... False color image of Neptune taken by Voyager 2. Caption P-34666C 62K ... Image of the first of six new moons discovered by Voyager 2 at Neptune: Proteus. Caption P-34727 31K...
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