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Triton (/ ˈ t r aɪ t ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Τρίτων, romanized: Trítōn) is a Greek god of the sea, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Triton lived with his parents in a golden palace on the bottom of the sea. Later he is often depicted as having a conch shell he would blow like a trumpet. [citation needed]
Triton is the largest natural satellite of the planet Neptune. It is the only moon of Neptune massive enough to be rounded under its own gravity and hosts a thin, hazy atmosphere. Triton orbits Neptune in a retrograde orbit—revolving in the opposite direction to the parent planet's rotation—the only large moon in the Solar System to do so.
Triton's surface is quite flat, its topography never varying by more than a kilometer; [17] calculating from the relaxation of Triton's surface features, Triton's surface heat flux is on the order of 10-100 mW/m 2, [18] [12] comparable to Europa's estimated surface heat flux of ~50 mW/m 2. [19]
Over a century passed before the discovery of the second natural satellite, Nereid, in 1949, and another 40 years passed before Proteus, Neptune's second-largest moon, was discovered in 1989. Triton is unique among moons of planetary mass in that its orbit is retrograde to Neptune's rotation and inclined relative to Neptune's equator, which ...
This is a list of named geological features on Triton. Catenae (crater chains) Catena Named after Name approved (Date ...
Triton commonly refers to: Triton (mythology), a Greek god; Triton (moon), a satellite of Neptune; Triton may also refer to: Biology. Triton cockatoo, a parrot;
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In 1846, Lassell discovered Triton, the largest moon of Neptune, just 17 days after the discovery of Neptune itself by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle, using his self-built instrument. [8] [9] [10] In 1848, he independently co-discovered Hyperion, a moon of Saturn. [9] [11] In 1851 he discovered Ariel and Umbriel, two moons of Uranus.