NEPTUNE

THIS IS THE PICTURE OF NEPTUNE(BLUE) AND ITS SATELLITE-TRITON.

  • NEPTUNE is the eight planet from the sun.
  • Its average distance from the sun is about 1,784,860,000 miles (2,872,460,000 kilometers), a distance that takes light about 2 hours 40 minutes to travel.
  • It is about 17 times as massive (heavy) as Earth, but is not so dense.
  • Neptune travels around the sun in an elliptical (oval-shaped) orbit..
  • Neptune goes around the sun once about every 165 Earth years.
  • Neptune spins around once in about 16 hours and 7 minutes. 
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