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| day=16.11 hours
| year=164.79
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| moons=8
| moons=13
| composition=Rock and ice
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| color=Blue
| albedo=0.41
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| date=1846
| date=1846
'''Neptune''' is the eighth [[planet]] in the [[Solar System]]. It is named after the ancient [[Roman]] [[god]] of the [[sea]]. It was discovered in 1846 on the basis of calculations made by [[Urbain Le Verrier]]. Neptune, like the other [[gas giants]], [[Jupiter]], [[Saturn]], and [[Uranus]], has rings made of [[ice]] and [[rock]]. Neptune is bluish in color and has 13 known [[moon]]s, the largest of which are, in order, [[Triton]], [[Proteus (moon) | Proteus]], and [[Nereid]]. <ref>http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/neptune/neptunemoons.shtml</ref>
'''Neptune''' is the eighth [[planet]] in the [[Solar System]]. It is named after the ancient [[Roman]] [[god]] of the [[sea]]. It was discovered in 1846 on the basis of calculations made by [[Urbain Le Verrier]]. Neptune, like the other [[gas giants]], [[Jupiter]], [[Saturn]], and [[Uranus]], has rings made of [[ice]] and [[rock]]. Neptune is bluish in color and has 13 known [[moon]]s, the largest of which are, in order, [[Triton]], [[Proteus (moon) | Proteus]], and [[Nereid]]. <ref>http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/neptune/neptunemoons.shtml</ref>
Neptune was visited by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in August 1989.
==Notes & References==
==Notes & References==