Neptune
Discovery
- September 23, 1846 was discovered by John Couch Adams and confirmed by Johann Gottfried Galle along with Heinrich Louis d'Arrest.
- It's the smallest of the ice gaints.
About Neptune
- Diameter= 49.244
- relative Mass (Earth=1) = 17.10
- Average Density( Kg/m3) = 1640
- Atmosphere = H2 , He , Ch4
- Distance From The Sun (Au) =30.05
- Moons= 13
Description
- Neptune color is blue because it absorbs the red light of methane in the atmosphere.
- Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the sun in the solar system
- Neptune's magnetic poles are tipped over by roughly 47 degrees .
Bibliography
facts
- http://www.space.com/41-neptune-the-other-blue-planet-in-our-solar-system.html
- nineplanents.org/neptune.html
- space-facts.com/neptune
- The climate is very active.
- Its gases are composed of helium(19%),hydrogen(80%), with some methane(1.5%).
- It makes one trip around the sun 164.8 earth years.
- One of the poles face at the sun's light for 42 years and the rest in darkness.
Jailene Orellana
& Anayeli Manjarrez