A few facts about Neptune

 

  • Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun
  • Mass of Neptune is 1.024x1026 kg.
  • Neptune is 4.4765 billion kms away from the Sun.
  • It completes one revolution in 165 years and one rotation is 16 hours.
  • It is one of the gaseous giants of our solar system.
  • Neptune is inferior to Uranus and exterior to Saturn.
  • Voyager 2 was the spacecraft that marked the beginning of Neptune exploration in 1989.
  • Neptune is named after the Roman god of sea, Poseidon.

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