Neptune is a gas giant in the outer solar system, discovered in 1846 by Urbain Le Verrier. It is smaller than Uranus but more massive, with a deep blue color due to methane ice. It has a Great Dark Spot and produces its own internal heat. Its gravitational pull stabilizes the Kuiper belt. Neptune is […]
Neptune has 13 moons, half that of Uranus and a quarter that of Jupiter or Saturn due to its large mass. Triton is the largest and was discovered first, with Nereid discovered over 100 years later. Triton is the only spherical moon and is thought to be a captured Kuiper belt object. Proteus is the […]
