NEPTUNE

WHERE IS IT?

DISTANCE

ORBIT

ROTATION

CHARACTERISTICS

• It is blue because...
• The methane in its surface
• It gets almost no sunlight
• It also cannot support life
• Dark Spot

SIZE

• 4th largest planet (diameter)
• 3rd largest planet (mass)
• 4 Earths put together= Neptune

SIZE CONTINUED

• Sun= average front door
• Earth= nickel
• Neptune= baseball

MOONS

• 13 moons
• Named after Greek sea gods and nymphs
• One more possible moon
• It is awaiting official confirmation
• The largest moon is Triton

MOON (TRITON)

• Triton orbits the opposite way, that Neptune rotates
• This is called a retrograde orbit
• It is the only moon of its kind

RINGS

• It does have rings
• They are thin
• Mostly made of rock and ice
• They are uneven in orbit
• They are uneven in width

TYPE OF PLANET

GRAVITY

TEMPERATURE

• The average temperature is -353 degrees (Neptune)
• The average temperature is 57 degrees (Earth)
• There is about a 296 degree difference.

FUN FACTS

• Voyager 2: only space craft EVER to visit Neptune
• 20/250 years Pluto is closer to the sun than Neptune
• It was predicted before it was ever seen
• Triton will be ripped apart by it's gravitational pull
• It has the most extreme weather of all of the planets

MORE FUN FACTS

• 12 years on Earth= 0.07 years on Neptune
• Next birthday on Mon. November 26, 2166
• Freezing winds, up to 10 times faster than hurricanes
• Dark Spot= Storm big enough to swallow Earth
• 2011 finished its first full orbit around the sun

RESOURCES

• http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune
• http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune&Display=Fact...
• http://www.space.com/18921-neptune-temperature.html
• BrainPop video: Neptune
• http://space.about.com/od/neptune/tp/Interesting-Facts-About-Neptune.htm

EVEN MORE RESOURCES

• http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/age/