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  2. List of planet types - Wikipedia

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    An extrasolar planet with a mass higher than Earth's, but substantially below the mass of the Solar System's smaller gas giants Uranus and Neptune, which are 14.5 and 17.1 Earth masses respectively. Kepler-10b, Gliese 667 Cc: Sub-Earth: A classification of planets "substantially less massive" than Earth and Venus. Mercury & Kepler-37b

  3. Outline of Neptune - Wikipedia

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    Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth and is slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus, which is 15 times the mass of Earth and slightly larger than Neptune. [a] Neptune orbits the Sun once every 164.8 years at an average distance of 30.1 astronomical units (4.50 × 10 9 km).

  4. Neptune - Wikipedia

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    Neptune, like Uranus, is an ice giant, a subclass of giant planet, because they are smaller and have higher concentrations of volatiles than Jupiter and Saturn. [73] In the search for exoplanets , Neptune has been used as a metonym : discovered bodies of similar mass are often referred to as "Neptunes", [ 74 ] just as scientists refer to ...

  5. Uranus and Neptune are not the colour you think they are ...

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    Astronomers have finally confirmed the shade of the planets and published updated images as part of a new study. Voyager 2/ISS images of Uranus and Neptune released shortly after the Voyager 2 ...

  6. New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like - AOL

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  7. Scientists can finally explain why Uranus and Neptune are ...

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    The furthest two planets in the Solar System both have similar masses, sizes, and atmospheric compositions, but they are different shades of blue. Scientists can finally explain why Uranus and ...

  8. Ice giant - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Color-corrected images reveal accurate portraits of Uranus ...

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    Astronomers have used telescope data to color-correct Voyager 2 images of Neptune and Uranus, revealing that the planets have a similar greenish blue hue.