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Neptune
Ice Giant · 16 moons
The windiest world, Neptune is a deep blue giant where supersonic storms tear across its atmosphere at 2,100 km/h — discovered first by mathematics, then by eye.
30.1 AU from the Sun
Ice Giant · 16 moons
Did You Know
- ◆Neptune was predicted by gravity before it was ever seen.
- ◆Its largest moon Triton orbits backwards — likely a captured Kuiper object.
- ◆One Neptune year equals 165 Earth years.