Neptune is named after the Roman of the sea and it is 17 times larger then earth!Neptune has 13 moons and9 rings. The planet takes about 164.79 years to orbit around the sun once. In 2011 Neptune completed its first orbit since its discovery in 1846. Neptune is called an Ice giant and the land scape is mostly rocks and ice.Neptune is the 4 largest planet in diameter and the 3 largest in mass. The magnetic field of Neptune is 27 times more powerful then Earths. Neptune is about 30 times farther away from the sun then the Earth is. There has been only one space craft visit Neptune and that was the Voyager 2. It was discovered in 1846. Neptune's largest moon orbit the planet in the opposite direction the the rest of Neptune's moons. The mass of Neptune is 102,410,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg. Neptune's rotation period is about 15.57 hours.The weather on Neptune is cold because it is so far away from the sun and there are a lot of storms on Neptune.
Neptune
♆Neptune is named after the Roman of the sea and it is 17 times larger then earth! Neptune has 13 moons and 9 rings. The planet takes about 164.79 years to orbit around the sun once. In 2011 Neptune completed its first orbit since its discovery in 1846. Neptune is called an Ice giant and the land scape is mostly rocks and ice. Neptune is the 4 largest planet in diameter and the 3 largest in mass. The magnetic field of Neptune is 27 times more powerful then Earths. Neptune is about 30 times farther away from the sun then the Earth is. There has been only one space craft visit Neptune and that was the Voyager 2. It was discovered in 1846. Neptune's largest moon orbit the planet in the opposite direction the the rest of Neptune's moons. The mass of Neptune is 102,410,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg. Neptune's rotation period is about 15.57 hours.The weather on Neptune is cold because it is so far away from the sun and there are a lot of storms on Neptune.