Neptune

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Jan 2001

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 1815. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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Orbiting the Sun in 164.79 years, at a mean distance of30.06 AU (4.50×109 km), Neptune is the outermost of thefour GIANT PLANETS. Its orbit is nearly circular(eccentricity 0.009) and inclined to the Earth's orbit plane by only1.77°. Neptune's outer atmosphere, like those of the other giantplanets, is composed predominantly of molecular hydrogen and helium with tracesof methane (CH4). Yet Neptune, ...

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