Neptune: Rings

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2181. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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NEPTUNE, the outermost of the giant planets, has held out against ring observers the longest. This planet, 25 000 km in radius, orbits at about four and a half billion km from the Sun. Its apparent diameter on the celestial sphere is a little larger than two arcseconds, which makes it difficult to detect by ground-based telescopes. Unknown until 25 years ago, the rings of Neptune present key dy...

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