developed concept missions to visit Neptune. After the Voyager flyby, NASA's next step in scientific exploration of the Neptune system was considered to be a...
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from the Sun being Neptune Orbit of Neptune Orbit of Neptune Rotation of Neptune Atmosphere of Neptune Rings of Neptune Moons of Neptune Naiad Thalassa Despina...
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Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun. It is the fourth-largest planet in the Solar System by diameter, the third-most-massive...
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Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. While the exploration of space is currently carried out mainly...
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Exploration of Jupiter Exploration of Saturn Exploration of Neptune "Revisiting the ice giants: NASA study considers Uranus and Neptune missions". Planetary...
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Exploration of Mars Mars landings Mars rovers Mars Rotorcrafts Exploration of Jupiter Exploration of Saturn Exploration of Uranus Exploration of Neptune History...
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Orbilander Exploration of Mercury Exploration of Venus Exploration of Mars Exploration of Jupiter Exploration of Uranus Exploration of Neptune Brown, Dwayne;...
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Naiad (moon) (redirect from Exploration of Naiad)
known as Neptune III and previously designated as S/1989 N 6) named after the naiads of Greek legend, is the innermost satellite of Neptune and the nearest...
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Jupiter Exploration of Saturn Exploration of Uranus Exploration of Neptune Exploration of Pluto Solar System models Formation and evolution of the Solar System...
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Family Portrait (Voyager) (redirect from Portrait of the planets)
left to right: Jupiter, Earth, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The Sun, also a point of light at this distance, is included in the image. Three (then)...
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Exploration of Mars Exploration of Saturn Exploration of Uranus Exploration of Neptune "JUICE is Europe's next large science mission". European Space Agency...
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Despina (moon) (redirect from Exploration of Despina)
as Neptune V, is the third-closest inner moon of Neptune. It is named after Greek mythological character Despoina, a nymph who was a daughter of Poseidon...
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The rings of Neptune consist primarily of five principal rings. They were first discovered (as "arcs") by simultaneous observations of a stellar occultation...
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Thalassa (moon) (redirect from Exploration of Thalassa)
also known as Neptune IV, is the second-innermost satellite of Neptune. Thalassa was named after sea goddess Thalassa, a daughter of Aether and Hemera...
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The Lockheed P-2 Neptune (designated P2V by the United States Navy prior to September 1962) is a maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft...
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named Nautilus A number of submarines named Nautilus (submarine) Nautilus, a proposed spacecraft in the exploration of Neptune Nautilus-X, a proposed NASA...
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Galatea (moon) (redirect from Exploration of Galatea)
as Neptune VI, is the fourth-closest inner moon of Neptune, and fifth-largest moon of Neptune. It is named after Galatea, one of the fifty Nereids of Greek...
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on the history of porcelain Arcanum, a Conex Research-proposed space probe in the exploration of Neptune The Grand Arcanum, the secret of the philosopher's...
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The planet Neptune has 16 known moons, which are named for minor water deities and a water creature in Greek mythology. By far the largest of them is Triton...
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Larissa (moon) (redirect from Exploration of Larissa)
known as Neptune VII, is the fifth-closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Larissa, a lover of Poseidon (the Greek equivalent of the Roman...
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Nereid (moon) (redirect from Exploration of Nereid)
Neptune II, is the third-largest moon of Neptune. It has the most eccentric orbit of all known moons in the Solar System. It was the second moon of Neptune...
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Neptune Odyssey is an orbiter mission concept to study Neptune and its moons, particularly Triton. The orbiter would enter into a retrograde orbit of...
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Triton (moon) (redirect from Exploration of Triton)
Triton is the largest natural satellite of the planet Neptune. It is the only moon of Neptune massive enough to be rounded under its own gravity and hosts...
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Proteus (moon) (redirect from Exploration of Proteus)
(/ˈproʊtiəs/ PROH-tee-əs), also known as Neptune VIII, is the second-largest Neptunian moon, and Neptune's largest inner satellite. Discovered by Voyager...
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not reach Neptune until 1989). Discovery and exploration of the Solar System Human presence in space List of missions to the Moon List of missions to...
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also visiting Saturn. One spacecraft, Voyager 2, also visited Uranus and Neptune. The nine missions include two, Ulysses and New Horizons, whose primary...
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Neptunian exoplanet (redirect from Neptune-like exoplanet)
exoplanets are similar in size to Neptune or Uranus in the Solar System. Neptunian exoplanets may have a mixture of interiors though all would be rocky...
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Pluto (redirect from Physical characteristics of Pluto)
134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object...
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Neptune has appeared in fiction since shortly after its 1846 discovery, albeit infrequently. It initially made appearances indirectly—e.g. through its...
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Halimede (moon) (redirect from Neptune IX)
Halimede /hæləˈmiːdiː/, or Neptune IX, is a retrograde irregular satellite of Neptune. It was discovered by Matthew J. Holman, John J. Kavelaars, Tommy...
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