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    Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun. It is one of the ice giants located in the outer solar system. Neptune was named after the Roman god of the sea due to its blue color. With a radius of 24,622 km and mass of 1,024 x 10^26 kg, Neptune has 5 rings and 14 moons including its largest moon Triton. It was discovered in 1846 and has a day duration of 16 hours. Though Neptune has a crust, mantle, outer core and inner core, life as we know it could not exist on Neptune due to extreme temperatures and pressures.

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    Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun. It is one of the ice giants located in the outer solar system. Neptune was named after the Roman god of the sea due to its blue color. With a radius of 24,622 km and mass of 1,024 x 10^26 kg, Neptune has 5 rings and 14 moons including its largest moon Triton. It was discovered in 1846 and has a day duration of 16 hours. Though Neptune has a crust, mantle, outer core and inner core, life as we know it could not exist on Neptune due to extreme temperatures and pressures.

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    Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun. It is one of the ice giants located in the outer solar system. Neptune was named after the Roman god of the sea due to its blue color. With a radius of 24,622 km and mass of 1,024 x 10^26 kg, Neptune has 5 rings and 14 moons including its largest moon Triton. It was discovered in 1846 and has a day duration of 16 hours. Though Neptune has a crust, mantle, outer core and inner core, life as we know it could not exist on Neptune due to extreme temperatures and pressures.

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    Neptune

    BY JORDI WANG
    Introduccion:
    Neptune is the eighth planet in the
    solar system and the farthest from
    the sun. It is part of the so-called
    outer planets, and within these, it is
    one of the ice giants.
    How did Neptune get its name:
    It was his color that was used to
    name it after the Roman god of the
    sea. The Greeks called their god of
    the sea, Poseidon.
    Statistics:
    Distance from the sun: 4.498.116.480 km

    Rings: 5

    Radius: 24,622 km

    Mass: 1,024 × 10^26 kg

    Moons: 14 including Triton

    Date of discovery: Sep. 23 1846 by Urbain


    Le Verrier & Johann Galle
    Triton
    Day duration: 16h
    Structure and surface:

    1. Crust
    2. Mantle
    3. Outer core
    4. Inner core
    Could life exist in Neptune?
    Unfortunately no, the extreme
    temperatures and pressures of
    Neptune are not conducive to
    allowing life as we know it to exist,
    adapt, and thrive.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR
    ATTENTION!!!

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