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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 planet...
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  • Neptune, also known as Sun Multithreaded 10 GbE, is a dual 10 Gbit/s, multithreaded, PCIe x8-based network interface controller for 10 Gigabit Ethernet...
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  • up Neptune, Neptunian, Neptuno, Neptunus, or Sol VIII in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun. Neptune...
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    (636872) 2014 YX49 Minor planets in the L4 and L5 SunNeptune Lagrangian points are called Neptune trojans, with a lower-case t, as "Trojan asteroid"...
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    Neptune trojans are bodies that orbit the Sun near one of the stable Lagrangian points of Neptune, similar to the trojans of other planets. They therefore...
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  • cross of matter. Neptune takes 165 years to orbit the Sun, spending approximately 14 years (13.75) in each sign of the zodiac. Neptune was discovered in...
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    solar gravitational influence. The SunNeptune L4 and L5 points contain several dozen known objects, the Neptune trojans. Mars has four accepted Mars...
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    are in a simple ratio to that of Neptune: for example, going around the Sun twice for every three times that Neptune does, or once for every two. The...
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    Neptune (Latin: Neptūnus [nɛpˈtuːnʊs]) is the god of freshwater and the sea in the Roman religion. He is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon. In...
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    bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian...
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    Following the discovery of the planet Neptune in 1846, there was considerable speculation that another planet might exist beyond its orbit. The search...
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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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    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...
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    consume. T Tauri stars like the young Sun have far stronger stellar winds than more stable, older stars. Uranus and Neptune are thought to have formed after...
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    The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a massive, nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion...
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  • provided as an overview of and topical guide to Neptune: Neptune – eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System. In the Solar System, it...
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    Uranus-crossing minor planets Neptune Rings of Neptune Complete list of Neptune's natural satellites Proteus Triton Nereid Neptune trojans Neptune-crossing minor planets...
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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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    located 124 light-years (38 pc) away from Earth. The planet is a sub-Neptune about 2.6 times the radius of Earth, with a 33-day orbit within the star's...
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  • orbits with semi-major axes similar to that of Neptune, near the SunNeptune Lagrangian points. These Neptune trojans, termed by analogy to the (Jupiter)...
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  • symbols are encoded as U+2646 ♆ NEPTUNE and U+2BC9 ⯉ NEPTUNE FORM TWO. Athena (Pallas) with her lance and Poseidon (Neptune) with his trident. These weapons...
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    The planet Neptune was mathematically predicted before it was directly observed. With a prediction by Urbain Le Verrier, telescopic observations confirming...
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    A Mini-Neptune (sometimes known as a gas dwarf or transitional planet) is a planet less massive than Neptune but resembling Neptune in that it has a thick...
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    Voyager 2 (category Missions to Neptune)
    and Saturn and enabled further encounters with the ice giants Uranus and Neptune. It remains the only spacecraft to have visited either of the ice giant...
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    Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune at 30 astronomical units (AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt, but...
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    move further from the Sun in its trajectory. Voyager 2 studied Neptune's atmosphere, Neptune's rings, its magnetosphere, and Neptune's moons. The Neptunian...
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    A hot Neptune is a type of giant planet with a mass similar to that of Neptune or Uranus orbiting close to its star, normally within less than 1 AU. The...
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  • The term sub-Neptune can refer to a planet with a smaller radius than Neptune even though it may have a larger mass or to a planet with a smaller mass...
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    Triton (moon) (redirect from Neptune I)
    Neptune. It is the only moon of Neptune massive enough to be rounded under its own gravity and hosts a thin, hazy atmosphere. Triton orbits Neptune in...
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    be subject to perturbation by the planet Neptune. Although the closest scattered-disc objects approach the Sun at about 30–35 AU, their orbits can extend...
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