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Neptune

Neptune. By: Taylor Radell Period 1 12/19/13. How was the planet Neptune named?. *The planet Neptune was named after the Roman g od of the sea, known as Neptune. Neptune, God of Sea. Discovery of Neptune. *First planet to be discovered by the use of mathematics

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Neptune

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  1. Neptune By: Taylor Radell Period 1 12/19/13

  2. How was the planet Neptune named? *The planet Neptune was named after the Roman godof the sea, known as Neptune Neptune, God of Sea

  3. Discovery of Neptune *First planet to be discovered by the use of mathematics *John Couch and Urbain Leverrier calculated the coordinates of Neptune using mathmatical formulas. Johann Galte then discoveredit in a Berlin observatoryby the use of telescope on September 23, 1846

  4. Distances *Furthest planet from the sun (8th) *Distance from Sun - 4.5 billion km *Distance from Earth - 4.7 billion km

  5. Planet Measurements Mass - 1.024 kg x 1022 Volume - 62,525,703,987,421 km Density - 1.638 g/cm3 Gravity - 36.6 ft Neptune would sink in water because the density of the planet (1.6 g/cm3) is greater than the density of water (1.0 g/cm3)

  6. Orbit and Rotation *On Neptune, it takes 163.8 Earth years to revolve around the sun *On Neptune, it takes 16.1 Earth days to rotate on its own axis

  7. Atmosphere • Neptune’s atmosphere is: *full of visible clouds and storms *made mostly of hydrogen, helium and methane *composed of two regions - troposphere and stratosphere

  8. Temperature *Neptune’s average temperature is -353°F *Earth’s average temperatures are much warmer than Neptune, with an overall average of 40 - 60°F. Temperatures in Florida are usually around 60 - 80°F.

  9. Composition/Appearance *Neptune is a gas giant, with its’ thick composition being made up of a combination of water, ammonia and methane *The internal composition of Neptune is very hot because of the energy leftover from its formation *Neptune’s surface has blue coloring because of the high amounts of methane in the atmosphere

  10. Weather *Neptune receives massive storms with high winds • *Its’ atmosphere has dark spots • and rapidly changing bright clouds that • appear and disappear regularly *On Earth, sunlight drives our weather, so it is a mystery as to how Neptune gets enoughpower to generate such powerful storms being so far away from the sun Storms on Neptune

  11. Rings *When the Voyager 2 went to Neptune, they discovered faint rings around Adams, the outermost ring. The faint ringsare now known as Liberty, Equality andFraternity. There are 5 huge rings like Adams. *Neptune’s rings are extremely dark and hard to see *Their composition is unknown

  12. Moons *There are 13 moons revolving around Neptune *Triton is the largest moon and Neso is the smallest *6 out of the 13 moons are too dark to be seen from Earth, so they were discovered when Voyager 2 went to Neptune

  13. Water *Neptune is very icy! *Neptune has large quantities of water ice mixed in with hydrogen and helium from the atmosphere *There is little water on the cloud tops

  14. What would happen to a person on Neptune? *A person couldn’t live on Neptune right now *There is no liquid water on the surface and there is no energy resource for bacterial life to exploit *There could be possible life in the deep, deep core of Neptune where there is a possibility of liquid water, but it is too far inside Neptune to go to Neptune’s Core

  15. SomethingSpecial - Trition *Trition is Neptune’s largest moon *It is the only large moon in the solar system that rotates the opposite direction of Neptune, its “home planet” *Trition is so cold that most of its’ nitrogen is condensed as frost *Its’ surface includes smooth, volcanic plains and round pits formed by icy lava flows Triton

  16. Bibliography - Websites *Start.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2013. <http://start.csail.mit.edu/startfarm.cgi?query=How was Neptune discovered?>. * "Solar System Exploration: Planets: Our Solar System: Overview." Solar System Exploration: Planets: Our Solar System: Overview. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2013. <http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptun>. * "Temperature of Earth." Universe Today RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2013. <http://www.universetoday.com/14516/temperature-of-earth>. *"What Is the Weather like on Neptune?" Cool Cosmos. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2013. <http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/ask/150-What-is-the-weather-like-on-Neptune>. *"Neptune's Atmosphere: Composition, Climate & Weather." Space.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2013. <http://www.space.com/18922-neptune-atmosphere.html>. *"Life on Neptune." Universe Today RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2013. <http://www.universetoday.com/21666/life-on-neptune/>. *"Are There Oceans on Neptune?" Universe Today RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2013. <http://www.universetoday.com/736/are-there-oceans-on-neptune/>.

  17. Bibliography - Pictures *N.d. Photograph. Photojournal.com. Web. 18 Dec. 2013. <http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02246>. *N.d. Photograph. Universe Today. Web. 19 Dec. 2013. <http://www.universetoday.com/21658/symbol-for-neptune/>. *N.d. Photograph. Word Info. Web..<http://wordinfo.info/unit/3822/ip:2/il:N>. N.d. Photograph*.Nasa. Web. 19 Dec. 2013. <http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune>. 19 Dec. 2013. N.d. Photograph. Universe Today. Web. <http://www.universetoday.com/21596/what-is-neptune-made-of/>. N.d. Photograph. Wikipedia. Web. 19 Dec. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptun>. N.d. Photograph. Blogspot. Web. 18 Dec. 2013. <http://neptunelange.blogspot.com/2011/10/neptunes-rings.html>. N.d. Photograph. Wingmakerz. Web. 18 Dec. 2013. <http://www.wingmakers.co.nz/universe/solar_system/Neptune.html>. N.d. Photograph. Thinkquest. Web. 19 Dec. 2013. <http://library.thinkquest.org/08aug/01468/website7.htm>. • N.d. Photograph. Meteor Mavrick. Web. 29 Dec. 2013. <http://meteormaverick.com/Neptune.html>.

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