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Astronomers predicted Neptune’s position from disturbances in Uranus’s orbit before identifying it through a telescope in 1846.
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SOLAR SYSTEM / NEPTUNE
Beyond the familiar.
A distant, windy world.
Cold, distant and windswept. Neptune is the outermost planet, circling the Sun far beyond the warmth of our home world.
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DRAG TO ROTATE
ARTISTIC MODEL · TEXTURE & ROTATION NOT TO SCALEMEAN DIAMETER49,244 km
DISTANCE FROM SUN4,495.1 million km
ORBITAL PERIOD164.8 years
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Small facts. Big discoveries.
Wild weather far from the Sun
Neptune’s winds can exceed 2,000 kilometers per hour, making it the windiest planet in our solar system.
A moon going against the flow
Triton orbits opposite Neptune’s rotation. This unusual orbit suggests it was captured rather than forming alongside the planet.