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Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun. It is the fourth-largest planet in the Solar System by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet. It is 17 times the mass of Earth. Compared to its fellow ice giant Uranus, Neptune is slightly more massive, but
On Neptune, a dark storm 6,800 miles wide is currently swirling around in the planet’s northern hemisphere. Think Winter Is Bad Here? It's Nothing Compared to Neptune and Uranus
This discovery of the dark spot in Neptune's northern hemisphere was monumental in that it was the first dark spot that the Hubble Telescope was able to document from birth. The storm is much smaller in comparison than the one discovered by NASA's Voyager 2, but was found to be larger in diameter than the Atlantic Ocean at approximately 4,600 ...
Because during their formation Uranus and Neptune incorporated their material as either ice or gas trapped in water ice, the term ice giant came into use. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] In the early 1970s, the terminology became popular in the science fiction community, e.g., Bova (1971), [ 5 ] but the earliest scientific usage of the terminology was likely by ...
Astronomers have observed a mysterious large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere, along with a bright feature that has never been spotted before.
Four years ago, astronomers noticed the abundant clouds on Neptune had largely disappeared. Telescope data may have helped researchers figure out why. Neptune’s clouds have disappeared, and ...
Neptune has extremely dynamic weather systems, including the highest wind speeds in the Solar System, thought to be powered by the flow of internal heat. Typical winds in the banded equatorial region can possess speeds of around 350 m/s (comparable to the speed of sound at room temperature on Earth [ 31 ] viz. 343.6 m/s) while storm systems can ...
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