Fun Facts

Here are some facts about Neptune…Many consider the earth the blue planet but in fact Neptune is way more bluer*.

-Like many celestial objects, all of Neptune’s moon’s are named after Greek gods.

-The Great Dark Spot once noticed on Neptune has not appeared since the last sighting. Scientists believe it was just a huge storm.

-Neptune’s rings are named after three people. Adam,Leverrier and Galle two of them who predicted it’s existence and one who discovered it.

-Neptune has an atmosphere of Hydrogen,Helium, Methane and Ammonia(used in houseware cleaning products).

-Neptune has 8 moons, Triton being the biggest and most important.

-Triton is nearly the same size as our moon, but it rotates in the opposite direction.

-Neptune’s a giant gas planet like Jupiter, Saturn..

-One day in Neptune is 16 hours in Earth.

-Neptune is 4 times bigger then earth.

-In Roman, Neptune is the god of the sea.

-Neptune is around 2 Billion milles away from the sun.

-The Great Dark Spot, that is a huge storm in Neptune that could cover our entire planet  at once and even more.

-Neptune cannot be viewed with our eyes unlike some of the closer planets.

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