Neptune

Neptune

NeptuneBy Cassidy and Daijza.

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LocationNeptune is the 8th planet in out Solar System It takes about 12 year to get to Neptune on a spacecraft!!

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SizeNeptune is the fourth largest planet in our solar system. It is the smallest of the giant gas planets.Neptune has a diameter of 34,503 miles (55,528 kilometers). Its volume is 57.7 times the greater than the Earth which means that 57 Earths could fit inside Neptune with a little room left over!

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AtmosphereNeptunes atmosphere is made up of hydrogen,helium,and methane. The methane in Neptunes upper atmosphere absorbs the red light from the sun but reflects the blue light.

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Surface CompositionNeptune looks like an ocean of ice and rock

The core of Neptune is probably composed of liquid rock. Then, farther up, the liquid rock slowly gives way to an ocean, primarily containing hydrogen, helium, and water, but also ammonia and methane. This "ocean" accounts for most of Neptune's bulk. The ocean slowly thins out into the atmosphere

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Neptunes TemperatureNeptune can get as cold as -391 degrees Fahrenheit and -235 degrees Celsius.

The coldness matches the color. Like if you take a shower and you put it on cold you have to go by the blue sign and you want it hot you have to put it by the red sign.

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Neptunes Rings

Like Saturn, Neptune also has rings. One of the rings appears to have a curious twisted structure like licorish candy. Like Uranus and Jupiter, Neptune's rings are very dark but their composition is unknown. Neptune's rings have been given names: the outermost is Adams (which contains three prominent arcs now named Liberty, Equality and Fraternity), next is an unnamed ring coorbital with Galatea, then Leverrier (whose outer extensions are called Lassell and Arago), and finally the faint but broad Galle.7

Neptune Facts!Also Neptune might be a twin of Uranus. Neptunes orbit is not as it should be in accordance to Newtons law They call Neptune Roman God Of The Sea because it is an ocean planet.

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The Great Dark Spot!The great dark spot, the dark oval on the planet, was a storm like the great red spot on Jupiter. Neptune is the stormiest planet. Winds can reach up to 1,240 miles per hour.

9So what did you learn?

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