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Planets

Published on Mar 21, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third-largest by mass. Among the gaseous planets in the Solar System, Neptune is the most dense.

Mass: 102,410,000,000,000,000 billion kg (17.15x Earth)
Equatorial Diameter: 49,528 km
Polar Diameter: 48,682 km
Equatorial Circumference: 155,600 km
Known Moons: 14
Notable Moons: Triton more info
Known Rings: 5
Orbit Distance: 4,498,396,441 km (30.10 AU)
Orbit Period: 60,190.03 Earth days (164.79 Earth years)
Surface Temperature: -201 °C

NEPTUNE

  • Neptune is the smallest of the ice giants
  • The atmosphere of Neptune is made of hydrogen and helium
  • Neptune has 14 moons
  • Neptune spins on its axis very rapidly
  • Neptune was not known to the ancients