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Neptune (Latin: Neptūnus [nɛpˈtuːnʊs]) is the god of freshwater and the sea in the Roman religion. [1] He is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon. [2] In the Greek-inspired tradition, he is a brother of Jupiter and Pluto, with whom he presides over the realms of heaven, the earthly world (including the underworld), and the seas. [3]
In Malay, the name Waruna, after the Hindu god of seas, is attested as far back as the 1970s, [61] but was eventually superseded by the Latinate equivalents Neptun (in Malaysian [62]) or Neptunus (in Indonesian [63]). The usual adjectival form is Neptunian.
Losaria neptunus, the yellow-bodied club-tail or yellow club-tail, is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in Sumatra, south Burma, north Borneo and the Philippines [1] The wingspan is 100–120 mm (3.9–4.7 in).
Voyager 2 image of Triton. After Voyager 2 visited Saturn successfully, it was decided to fund further missions to Uranus and Neptune.These missions were conducted by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Neptunian mission was dubbed "Voyager Neptune Interstellar Mission".
Rings of Neptune imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam instrument. The rings of Neptune consist primarily of five principal rings.They were first discovered (as "arcs") by simultaneous observations of a stellar occultation on 22 July 1984 by André Brahic's and William B. Hubbard's teams at La Silla Observatory (ESO) and at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory in Chile. [1]
Triton was discovered by William Lassell in 1846, just seventeen days after the discovery of Neptune. [3] Nereid was discovered by Gerard P. Kuiper in 1949. [4] The third moon, later named Larissa, was first observed by Harold J. Reitsema, William B. Hubbard, Larry A. Lebofsky and David J. Tholen on 24 May 1981.
Johann Gottfried Galle, 1880 The 9" refractor which was used to discover Neptune is at Deutsches Museum in Munich today. Position of Neptune (marked with a cross) on the date of its discovery, the September 23rd, 1846
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