NEPTUNE

Group 7
NEPTUNE- It’s distance from the
sun is 2,782,670,707 KM
■ Neptune- Is 3.9x larger than Earth
-Dark, cold and whipped by supersonic winds also this type
of planet is an Ice Giant.
-It is the eighth and most distant planet in our solar system.
-Neptune cannot support life.

Voyager 2- is the only spacecraft to have visited Neptune.

 RINGS

■ Neptune has 5 known Rings:

■ *Galle
■ *La Verrier
■ *Lassell
■ *Arago
■ *Adams
■ These rings are composed of at least 20% dust with some of the rings containing as
much as 70% dust, and the rest are small rocks.
Galle Ring

Johann Gottfried Galle

-The first person who se the planet by using a telescope.
-Galle is the nearest of the Neptune’s ring at 41,000 – 43,000 Kilometers
La Verrier Ring

Urbain La Verrier
-It’s the very narrow ring and it consists only about 113 Kilometers
Lassell Ring

William Lassell
-Width of Neptune’s rings
-53,000 KM and 57,000 KM
Arago Ring

-57,200 KM and less than 100 KM wide

Adams Ring

John Couch
- Narrow at only 35 KM wide
ORBIT AND ROTATION

■ One Day on Neptune is equivalent about 16hours (the time it takes for Neptune it
only rotate or spin once)
■ Its Earth Years is 165 (on Earth Days is 60,190)
RADIUS- 15,299.4 miles/ 24,622 KM
MOONS

■ Neptune has 13 moons and 1 provisional moon.