Neptune--Period+5

= //__By:D__// __//ylan Garrett & Austin Ayala//__ =

__//**Neptune**//__ __//**is the eight planet from the Sun in our Solar System. It has a diameter of 49,532 km (30,760 miles).**//__ __//**Neptune**//__ __//**is nicknamed The Mystic.**//__ __//**Neptune**//__ __//**has eight large moons named... Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Proteus, Triton, and Nereid. If**//__ __//**Neptune**//__ __//**was hollow it could only contain 60 Earths. The blue gaseos planet of neptune orbits the sun every 165 years! Neptunes space probes were Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. The first moon discovered on Neptune was Trition, which was discovered by William Lassel in 1846.**//__

​ · **  8th Planet from the Sun in our Solar System. ** · **  Discovered September 23, 1846  ** · **  Discovered by: Johann Gottfried Galle  ** · **  Diameter of about 49,500 km.  ** · **  If hollow could contain nearly 60 Earths  ** · **  Two-Thirds of Neptune is a mixture of molten rock, water, liquid ammonia, and Methane. ** · **  Large Storm called the Great Dark Spot. Similar to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. ** · **  Methane--2%  ** · **  Helium--13%  ** · **  Hydrogen--85%  ** · **  A day on Neptune is roughly a little over sixteen hours. ** · **  Orbits the Sun every 165 YEARS!!! ** · **  Neptune measured the strongest winds that have been measured by any planet in the Solar System. ** · **  Winds mostly blow towards the west of Neptune  ** · **  Neptune has a set of rings such as Saturn’s, except they are very faint and not visible. ** · **  8 moons are claimed by the 8th planet Neptune. ** <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· **  Blue, which is caused by the methane in Neptune’s atmosphere. ** <span style="color: #4b7f1b; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· **  Axis tilt 29.56 (Degrees)  ** <span style="color: #4b7f1b; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· **  Distance from the Sun—4,504,300,000 km.  ** <span style="color: #4b7f1b; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· **  Now actually the last planet from the sun in our solar system because Pluto was, but is now considered a sub-planet. **
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