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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