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  2. Neptune - NASA Science

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    Neptune is the eighth, and most distant planet from the Sun. It’s the fourth-largest, and the first planet discovered with math. More than 30 times as far from the Sun as Earth, Neptune is not visible to the naked eye.

  3. Neptune Facts - Science@NASA

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    Neptune is the eighth and most distant planet in our solar system. It was discovered in 1846. Neptune has 16 known moons.

  4. Neptune - Wikipedia

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    Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun. It is the fourth-largest planet in the Solar System by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet. It is 17 times the mass of Earth. Compared to its fellow ice giant Uranus, Neptune is slightly more massive, but denser and smaller.

  5. 175 Years Ago: Astronomers Discover Neptune, the Eighth ...

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    On the night of Sept. 23-24, 1846, astronomers discovered Neptune, the eighth planet orbiting around the Sun. The discovery was made based on mathematical calculations of its predicted position due to observed perturbations in the orbit of the planet Uranus.

  6. Neptune, third most massive planet in the solar system and the eighth and outermost planet from the Sun. Neptune has 14 moons, only two of which were discovered before Voyager 2’s visit in 1989, and a system of rings, which were unconfirmed before Voyager.

  7. In Depth | NeptuneNASA Solar System Exploration

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    More than 30 times as far from the Sun as Earth, Neptune is the only planet in our solar system not visible to the naked eye. In 2011 Neptune completed its first 165-year orbit since its discovery in 1846. Neptune is so far from the Sun that high noon on the big blue planet would seem like dim twilight to us.

  8. Neptune has 16 moons. Neptune is the eighth and most distant planet from the Sun. That means Uranus is Neptune’s only neighboring planet. Neptune was discovered in 1846 by Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams, and Johann Galle. Only Voyager 2 has visited Neptune. What does Neptune look like? Voyager 2 took this picture of Neptune in 1989.