{"id":552,"date":"2012-11-30T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/2012\/11\/10-interesting-facts-about-neptune.html"},"modified":"2021-03-17T12:57:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T12:57:35","slug":"10-interesting-facts-about-neptune","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/10-interesting-facts-about-neptune\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Interesting Facts About The Planet Neptune"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you enjoy random knowledge, space facts and more specifically, the planet Neptune, then you’ll love these top 10 facts about this planet.\n
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When Neptune was first discovered in 1846, it became the most distant planet in our Solar System.\n
Then just 84 years later, Pluto was discovered, making it the most distant planet.\n
After discovering Pluto, they soon realized that it’s orbit was ecliptic.\n
As all the other planets in our Solar System have a circular orbit, they stay the same distance away form the sun at all times.\n
Pluto has an egg-shaped orbit, meaning the distance away from the sun varies according to where in its orbit.\n
At the times where Pluto is nearer to the Sun in its orbit, it becomes closer to the Sun the Neptune does, making Neptune the most distant planet in our Solar System.\n The last time this event occurred was between 1979 and 1999.\n Sadly in 2006, it was decided that Pluto was no longer a planet, making Neptune the most distant planet in our Solar System once again.\n Shortly after it’s discovery, Neptune was only referred to as “the planet exterior to Uranus”.\n Or more commonly “Le Verrier’s planet”. After the man who discovered it, Urbain Le Verrier.\n There were a number of suggestions about what to call this planet, but in the end, the man who discovered this planet chose the name Neptune.\n Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, is one of the coldest places known within our Solar System.\n The temperature on the surface of this moon can dip down to an amazing -391\u00b0F (-235\u00b0C)!\n When NASA’s Voyager 2 passed by Triton, it observed volcanoes erupting liquid nitrogen!\n When Voyager 2 passed by, it managed to find another six that were not visible from Earth.\nNeptune was originally called “Le Verrier’s Planet”.\n
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Neptune has 14 known moons.\n
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