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Neptune
Enzo Robledo, Arjuna Beard, and Brandon
Nawagamuwa
May 2013
Who was Neptune
named after
named after a Roman God of water
Le Verrier proposed the name “neptune” and
was approved by Bureau des Longitudes
Neptune’s Location
next to Uranus and Pluto
is 2,798,000,000 miles (4,503,000,000km) from the sun
Facts About Neptune
Circumference is 55,500 miles
very cold because it is very far from the sun
Visitors?
No visitors have been to Neptune
Too cold of weather
Astronauts don’t have the suits for the
job
Neptune vs. Earth facts
It’s colder than Earth
Has rings unlike Earth
Far from sun so it has farther to travel so its colder
Has a great dark spot like Jupiter
Fun facts that are awesome about
Neptune
Tritan (one of Neptune’s moons) is being pulled into
the planet and will one day crash into it
Has more than ten moons
has 6 rings which circle the planet