Neptune

Neptune's Appearance

● Neptune is seen as a blueish and greenish colour.● It has a faint ring system with about only nine clearly seen rings.● Near the southern part of Neptune is a bundle of clouds and its is

also known for its Dark Spot. ● The Dark Spot is very similar to Jupiter's Great Red Spot and it can

fit about one Earth inside of it.

Discovery of Neptune

➔ Neptune was discovered in September 23, 1846.After the discovery, there was rivalry between England and France about who should get credit for finding Neptune, Adams or Le Verrier. The international astronomy community agreed that the two astronomers should share credit for the discovery. Eventually both Le Verrier and Adams were given credit for discovering Neptune in 1846.

FAR FROM EARTH2.7 billion miles is how far the earth is from Neptune.

When Neptune and Earth line up on the same side of the sun, at their closest, they are only 2.7 billion miles apart. But when the planets are on opposite sides of the sun, they can put as many as 2.9 billion miles between them.

Other FactsThe size of Neptune is 24,622 km.

Neptune is a large planet, nearly four times the size of Earth.Neptune suffers the most violent weather in our Solar System.Storms have been spotted swirling around its surface and freezing

winds that blow about ten times faster than hurricanes on Earth make it the windiest planet.

Neptune is a large, water planet with a blue hydrogen-methane atmosphere and faint rings.

Neptune is covered in thin wispy white clouds which stretch out around the planet.It is the fourth biggest planet