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  2. Neptune - Wikipedia

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    [58] [59] In Māori, the planet is called Tangaroa, named after the Māori god of the sea. [60] In Nahuatl, the planet is called Tlāloccītlalli, named after the rain god Tlāloc. [60] In Thai, Neptune is referred to by the Westernised name Dao Nepchun/Nepjun (ดาวเนปจูน) but is also called Dao Ket (ดาวเกตุ, lit.

  3. List of planet types - Wikipedia

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    A planet in the Solar System beyond the asteroid belt, and hence refers to the gas giants. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune Pulsar planet: A planet that orbits a pulsar or a rapidly rotating neutron star. PSR B1257+12 A, B and C: Rogue planet: Also known as an interstellar planet. A planet that is not bound to any star, stellar remnant or ...

  4. File:Neptune, Earth size comparison true color.jpg - Wikipedia

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    The following other wikis use this file: Usage on af.wikipedia.org Neptunus; Aardmassa; Usage on bar.wikipedia.org Neptun (Planet) Usage on be.wikipedia.org

  5. Ice giant - Wikipedia

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    In the 1990s, it was determined that Uranus and Neptune were a distinct class of giant planet, separate from the other giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn, which are gas giants predominantly composed of hydrogen and helium. [1] Neptune and Uranus are now referred to as ice giants. Lacking well-defined solid surfaces, they are primarily composed ...

  6. Astronomers reveal 3D structure of an alien planet's atmosphere

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    The researchers peered through the atmosphere of WASP-121b, a planet also called Tylos, by combining all four telescope units of the European Southern Observatory's Chile-based Very Large ...

  7. Giant planet - Wikipedia

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    A giant planet, sometimes referred to as a jovian planet (Jove being another name for the Roman god Jupiter), is a diverse type of planet much larger than Earth. Giant planets are usually primarily composed of low- boiling point materials ( volatiles ), rather than rock or other solid matter, but massive solid planets can also exist.

  8. List of natural satellites - Wikipedia

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    Pluto, a dwarf planet, has five moons. Its largest moon Charon, named after the ferryman who took souls across the River Styx, is more than half as large as Pluto itself, and large enough to orbit a point outside Pluto's surface. In effect, each orbits the other, forming a binary system informally referred to as a double-dwarf-planet.

  9. The tiny planet-not-planet that could: Pluto was discovered ...

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    Pluto's reign. For decades, students learned the phrase "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" to remember the order of the planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars ...