in the solar system. Neptune´s atmosphere is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium. It also contains small amounts of metane • Neptune has four rings which are hard to see from the Earth. It is seventeen times heavier then Earth DISCOVERED
• In 1846 by Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch
Adams, Joham Yalle. • Neptune was the first to be discovered by mathematical calculations instead of using a telescope. • The planet was visited by only one spacecraft Voyager 2 on August 25, 1989.