DISTANCE
FROM SUN: 2,800 million miles
REVOLUTION AROUND SUN: almost 165 years
ROTATION: 16 hours
DIAMETER: 30,777 miles
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE: -360°F
SATELLITES: 8
Neptune is a gas giant. It has a small rocky core surrounded by liquids and gases. The planet surface has a Great Dark Spot and a Small Dark Spot, both huge storms with wind speeds of over 1,000 miles per hour!
Triton is the largest moon of Neptune.
It has the coldest temperature in the solar system, -391°F!
It is unusual for another reason. It orbits Neptune in the opposite
direction that Neptune rotates.
Activity:
Compare Neptune to Mercury. Explain 4 amazing differences between the two
planets in the space below.