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= Neptune =

__Describe how the planet got its name:__
Named after the roman god of the sea because of its bluish color

__Who discovered your planet?__
John Couch Adams and Urban Jean Le Verrier

__When did they discover your planet?__
September 23, 1846

__How did they discover your planet?__
Using mathematics

__Where did they discover your planet?__
The Berlin Observatory

__Order from the sun:__
8 planets from the sun

__Distance from the sun:__
2.82 billion miles

__Distance from the earth:__
2.68 billion miles

__Mass:__
About 1.02 times 1026 kg

__Volume:__
6.254 times 1013 km^3

__Number of days to orbit around the sun:__
60910 days

__Perihelion (How close does it get to the sun?):__
2.77 billion miles

__Equatorial Circumference:__
96,683 miles

__Mean Density:__
1.638 cm^3

__Gravity:__
N/A

__Aphelion (How far does it get from the sun?):__
2.8 billion miles

__Length of one day:__
16 Hrs and 6.7 min

__Planet appearance:__
Neptune has a blue outer appearance, it is very cold. If you tried to walk on it,you would fall straight through it, and it's soft like water

__Number of rings:__
3 main rings, Adam's rings, Le Verrier, and Galle

__Ring composition:__
N/A

__Rings color:__
Transparent

__Satellites:__
Voyager 2

__Moons:__
Despina, Galetea, Larissa, Naid, Nereid, Proteus, Thalassa, Trition

__Brief description of a moon:__
TRITON-It's the largest of Neptune's 13 moons. It's the only large moon in our solar system that orbits in the opposite direction of it's planet, called Retrograde orbit.

__Core Composition:__
Composed of liquid rock

__Surface composition:__
Ice, rock,and hydrogen

__Major gases:__
Helium and hydrogen

__Minor gases:__
Methane

__Wind speeds:__
600 mps

__Temperature ranges:__
-346 degrees fahrenheit

__Surface pressure:__
N/A

__Weather:__
High winds, precipitation, and ice water

__ Water :__
solid, liquid, and gas

__Exploration:__
Voyager 2 passed by Neptune on August 23, 2009

__Habitability:__
You would suffocate, or the winds would destroy you.

__Future Human Travel:__
No place to land, way too cold, and you would freeze to death.

__Terraforming:__
What modifications would be needed for humans to live on this planet: There is no possible way to live on Neptune, it has no surface, and it is too cold and too dark

__Cool Facts:__
How much would you weigh on your planet? Multiply you weight by 1.18

__Interesting Facts:__

 * 1) Neptune suffers the most violent weather in the solar system
 * 2) The blue color of the planet is due to the absorption of the red light by methane in the atmosphere
 * 3) The orbital speed at Neptune is 5.4 miles per second



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