The Bluest planet
Neptune
This is a dark and cold ice giant whipped by supersonic winds. Neptune is the eighth-most distanced planet in our solar system. Neptune is more than 30 times far from the sun compared to earth. It is so far from the sun that the brightness of earth is 900 times more than that planet.
Distance from the sun: 30 au / 4.475 billion km
Discovered: 23 September 1846
Orbital period: 165 years
Surface area: 7.618 billion km²
Planet type: Ice giant
Formation
It was formed in the same way as Uranus was formed about 4.5 billion years ago. Neptune was closer to the sun compared to Uranus at that time but now it has moved farther and become the farthest planet in the solar system.
Moon
There is a total of 14 discovered moons till now. The largest moon is Triton, discovered on 10th October 1846 by William Lassell. The surface temperature reaches up to -235 degrees celsius.
Surface
Neptune's surface is mostly gasses like helium, methane, and hydrogen and the solid surface is ice. If we enter deep into it we can only find water. The temperature there can reach up to -201 degrees Celcius.
Atmosphere
The methane gas in the atmosphere makes the planet look blue-green. The predominant blue color of the planet is a result of the absorption of red and infrared light by Neptune's methane atmosphere. Winds there can be 3 times stronger than Jupiter's. The wind carries frozen methane at the speed of 2,000 km/h.
Rings
For more:
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/neptune/overview/
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