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  2. Moons of Neptune - Wikipedia

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    Naiad, the closest regular moon, is also the second smallest among the inner moons (following the discovery of Hippocamp), whereas Proteus is the largest regular moon and the second largest moon of Neptune. The first five moons orbit much faster than Neptune's rotation itself ranging from 7 hours for Naiad and Thalassa, to 13 hours for Larissa.

  3. Neptune - Wikipedia

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    An annotated picture of Neptune's many moons as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The bright blue diffraction star is Triton, Neptune's largest moon. Neptune has 16 known moons. [155] Triton is the largest Neptunian moon, accounting for more than 99.5% of the mass in orbit around Neptune, [i] and is the only one massive enough to be ...

  4. Category:Moons of Neptune - Wikipedia

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    Surface features of Neptune's moons (8 P) T. Triton (moon) (1 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Moons of Neptune" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.

  5. Triton (moon) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Capture of Triton - Wikipedia

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    Triton, the largest moon of the ice giant planet Neptune, is hypothesized to have been captured from heliocentric orbit. Triton is unusual as it is the only known large moon on a retrograde , highly- inclined orbit; that is, Triton orbits in the opposite direction Neptune rotates, and its orbit is not aligned with Neptune's equatorial plane.

  7. New Neptune photos offer rare views of planet’s rings - AOL

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    Along with its bright rings, the Webb observatory spied Neptune's fainter dust bands and seven of the planet's 14 known moons. The last time Neptune's rings were seen in detail was during a flyby ...

  8. Outline of Neptune - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Geology of Triton - Wikipedia

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    The geology of Triton encompasses the physical characteristics of the surface, internal structure, and geological history of Neptune's largest moon Triton. With a mean density of 2.061 g/cm 3, [1] Triton is roughly 15-35% water ice by mass; Triton is a differentiated body, with an icy solid crust atop a probable subsurface ocean and a rocky core.