🔷 Neptune

About Neptune

Neptune is the eighth and most distant planet from the Sun. This ice giant was the first planet found through mathematical predictions rather than direct observation.

🌟 Key Facts

• Type: Ice giant
• Distance from Sun: 4.50 billion km
• Diameter: 49,528 km (3.9× Earth)
• Orbital Period: 164.8 Earth years
• Day Length: 16.1 hours
• Moons: 16 known
• Wind Speed: Up to 2,100 km/h

💡 Interesting Facts

• Discovered through math before being observed in 1846
• Has the strongest winds in the Solar System
• Triton orbits backwards — likely a captured Kuiper Belt object
• Triton has nitrogen geysers
• Radiates 2.6× more energy than it receives from Sun
• Has 6 faint rings named after astronomers
• Deep blue color from methane in the atmosphere