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Nereid, or Neptune II, is the third-largest moon of Neptune. It has the most eccentric orbit of all known moons in the Solar System . [ 4 ] It was the second moon of Neptune to be discovered, by Gerard Kuiper in 1949.
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.
It is composed of 270 bones at the time of birth, [2] but later decreases to 206: 80 bones in the axial skeleton and 126 bones in the appendicular skeleton. 172 of 206 bones are part of a pair and the remaining 34 are unpaired. [3] Many small accessory bones, such as sesamoid bones, are not included in this.
Size comparison between Proteus (lower left), the Moon (upper left) and Earth Proteus is the second-largest moon of Neptune and is the largest of its regular prograde moons. It is about 420 km (260 mi) in diameter, larger than Nereid , Neptune's third-largest moon.
A long bone is one that is cylindrical in shape, being longer than it is wide. However, the term describes the shape of a bone, not its size, which is relative. Long bones are found in the arms (humerus, ulna, radius) and legs (femur, tibia, fibula), as well as in the fingers (metacarpals, phalanges) and toes (metatarsals, phalanges).
They might appear in a whirlwind. Such encounters could be dangerous, bringing dumbness, besotted infatuation, madness or stroke to the unfortunate man. When parents believed their child to be nereid-struck, they would pray to the Saint Artemidos , an example of "practical polytheism in the worship of the saints." [10] [11]
The name of a Nereid [34] Asterodia [35] Asterope [36] Beroe [37] The name of a Nereid [34] Callirhoe [38] Calypso The name of a Nereid; [39] "probably not" the same as the Calypso who was the lover of Odysseus [40] Camarina [41] Capheira [42] Cerceis Ceto [43] The name of a Nereid [39] Chryseis Clio [44] The name of a Nereid [34] and a muse ...
Melite or Melie, [4] the "gracious" Nereid of the calm seas. [1] [5] She was a sea-nymph daughter of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [6] [7] Melite and her other sisters appear to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles at the slaying of his friend Patroclus. [8]