Neptune

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Neptune  is the eighth and farthest   planet  from the   Sun  in the   Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third-largest by mass. Neptune is 17 times the mass of   Earth  and is somewhat more massive than its near-twin   Uranus, which is 15 times the mass of Earth but not as dense. [12] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">On average, Neptune orbits the Sun at a distance of 30.1 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  AU<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">, approximately 30 times the Earth–Sun distance. Named for the <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  Roman god of the sea<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">, its <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  astronomical symbol<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">is ♆, a stylised version of the god Neptune's <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  trident<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Neptune was the first planet found by mathematical prediction rather than by empirical observation. Unexpected changes in the orbit of Uranus led Alexis Bouvardto deduce that its orbit was subject to gravitational perturbation by an unknown planet. Neptune was subsequently observed on 23 September 1846<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hamilton_1-1" style="line-height:1em;">[1]  by Johann Galle within a degree of the position predicted by Urbain Le Verrier, and its largest moon, Triton, was discovered shortly thereafter, though none of the planet's remaining 12 moons were located telescopically until the 20th century. Neptune has been visited by only one spacecraft, Voyager 2, which flew by the planet on 25 August 1989.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Neptune is similar in composition to Uranus, and both have compositions which differ from those of the larger gas giants, Jupiter, and Saturn. Neptune's atmosphere, while similar to Jupiter's and Saturn's in that it is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium, along with traces of hydrocarbons and possiblynitrogen, contains a higher proportion of "ices" such as water, ammonia, and methane. Astronomers sometimes categorise Uranus and Neptune as "ice giants" in order to emphasise these distinctions.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lunine_1993_13-0" style="line-height:1em;">[13]  The interior of Neptune, like that of Uranus, is primarily composed of ices and rock.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Podolak_Weizman_et_al._1995_14-0" style="line-height:1em;">[14]  It is possible that the core has a solid surface, but the temperature would be thousands of degrees and the atmospheric pressure crushing.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="line-height:1em;">[15]  Traces of methane in the outermost regions in part account for the planet's blue appearance.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bluecolour_16-0" style="line-height:1em;">[16]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">In contrast to the hazy, relatively featureless atmosphere of Uranus, Neptune's atmosphere is notable for its active and visible weather patterns. For example, at the time of the 1989 Voyager 2 flyby, the planet's southern hemisphere possessed a Great Dark Spot comparable to the Great Red Spot on Jupiter. These weather patterns are driven by the strongest sustained winds of any planet in the Solar System, with recorded wind speeds as high as 2,100 kilometres per hour (1,300 mph).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Suomi1991_17-0" style="line-height:1em;">[17]  Because of its great distance from the Sun, Neptune's outer atmosphere is one of the coldest places in the Solar System, with temperatures at its cloud tops approaching −218 °C (55 K). Temperatures at the planet's centre are approximately  5,400 K   (5,000 °C) .<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-hubbard_18-0" style="line-height:1em;">[18] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nettelmann_19-0" style="line-height:1em;">[19]  Neptune has a faint and fragmentedring system (labeled 'arcs'), which may have been detected during the 1960s but was only indisputably confirmed in 1989 by Voyager 2.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ring1_20-0" style="line-height:1em;">[20]