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English: Diagram of the planet Neptune. Upper atmosphere, top clouds. Atmosphere consisting of hydrogen, helium, and methane gas. Mantle consisting of water, ammonia, and methane ices. Core consisting of rock (silicates and nickel-iron).
Neptune's atmosphere is faintly blue in the optical spectrum, only slightly more saturated than the blue of Uranus's atmosphere. Early renderings of the two planets greatly exaggerated Neptune's colour contrast "to better reveal the clouds, bands and winds", making it seem deep blue compared to Uranus's off-white.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Neptune: . Neptune – eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System.In the Solar System, it is the fourth-largest planet by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet.
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 ...
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Neptune has long been known to have white clouds circling it, but images of the furthest planet in the solar system have shown this changing over time - the most recent image, taken by the Hubble ...
English: Composition diagram showing the evolution/cycles of various elements in Earth's atmosphere. Original subscript: Schematic of chemical and transport processes related to atmospheric composition.
Pages in category "Planetary atmospheres of the Solar System" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .