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    The atmosphere of Triton is the layer of gases surrounding Triton. Like the atmospheres of Titan and Pluto, Triton's atmosphere is composed primarily...
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    rounded under its own gravity and hosts a thin but well-structured atmosphere. Triton orbits Neptune in a retrograde orbit—an orbit in the direction opposite...
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    Titan Atmosphere of Enceladus Atmosphere of Uranus Atmosphere of Titania Atmosphere of Neptune Atmosphere of Triton Atmosphere of Pluto The atmosphere of...
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    collided to form a rubble disc. Triton is massive enough to have achieved hydrostatic equilibrium and to retain a thin atmosphere capable of forming clouds...
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    Neptune (redirect from Neptune's atmosphere)
    it came within 4,400 km of Neptune's atmosphere on 25 August, then passed close to the planet's largest moon Triton later the same day. The spacecraft verified...
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    climate of Triton encompasses the atmospheric dynamics, weather, and long-term atmospheric trends of Neptune's moon Triton. The atmosphere of Triton is rather...
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    Umbriel's surface ice Neptune – the atmosphere contains 1.5 ± 0.5% methane TritonTriton has a tenuous nitrogen atmosphere with small amounts of methane near...
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    significant enough to drive weather (the other being the atmosphere of Triton). Titan's lower atmosphere is primarily composed of nitrogen (94.2%), methane...
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    Earth and about 1⁄80 of its mass. The next largest ratios are the Neptune–Triton system at 0.055 (with a mass ratio of about 1 to 4790), the Saturn–Titan...
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    known atmosphere. Its closest analog is the atmosphere of Triton, although in some aspects it resembles even the atmosphere of Mars. The atmosphere of Pluto...
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    executed by the United States Navy nuclear-powered radar picket submarine USS Triton (SSRN-586) in 1960 under the command of Captain Edward L. Beach Jr. The...
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    Additionally, seven – Ganymede, Titan, Callisto, Io, Earth's Moon, Europa, and Triton – are larger and more massive than the dwarf planets Pluto and Eris. The...
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    Tholin (section Triton)
    deposited tholins. Neptune's moon Triton is observed to have the reddish color characteristic of tholins. Triton's atmosphere is mostly nitrogen, with trace...
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  • at low and mid latitudes. Launch took place in June 2019. Triton, The FORMOSAT-7R (TRITON) is a micro-satellite designed and manufactured by NSPO. It...
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    Cryovolcano (section Triton)
    Solar System Ruach Planitia and Tuonela Planitia, Triton Detail mosaic of Leviathan Patera, Triton Radar image of Doom Mons, Titan Ahuna Mons, Ceres Topography...
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    Pluto (section Atmosphere)
    Pluto and the most massive object discovered in the Solar System since Triton in 1846. Its discoverers and the press initially called it the tenth planet...
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    much closer to Neptune. Triton, Neptune's largest moon, has a hazy atmosphere composed primarily of nitrogen. Because Triton orbits with synchronous rotation...
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    have ranged from humanoids to gaseous lifeforms. Neptune's largest moon Triton has also appeared in fiction, especially in the late 20th century onwards...
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    atmosphere has been blasted away by the solar wind. The only moon that has retained a dense atmosphere is Titan. There is a thin atmosphere on Triton...
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    known, having about two-thirds the mass of all irregular moons combined. (Triton is much larger, but is very unusual for an irregular satellite.) Nereid...
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    Lellouch, E.; de Bergh, C.; Sicardy, B.; Ferron, S.; Käufl, H.-U. (2010). "Detection of CO in Triton's atmosphere and the nature of surface-atmosphere interactions"...
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  • renamed the TAO/TRITON array in recognition of the contribution made by the TRITON (Triangle Trans-Ocean Buoy Network) moorings. The TRITON moorings are...
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    as soot in color. Triton was revealed as having a remarkably active past, with active geysers, polar caps, and a very thin atmosphere characterized by...
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    including Ariel, Titania, Umbriel, Ceres, Dione, Mimas, Miranda, Oberon, Pluto, Triton, Eris, and Makemake. Outside the Solar System, exoplanets that have been...
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    Cassini and before that by Voyager 2, which also encountered Neptune's moon Triton. All three bodies show evidence of once being dwarf planets, and their exploration...
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    Kuiper belt (section Triton)
    Quaoar, and Makemake. Some of the Solar System's moons, such as Neptune's Triton and Saturn's Phoebe, may have originated in the region. The Kuiper belt...
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    Uranus (section Atmosphere)
    combined mass of the five major satellites would be less than half that of Triton (largest moon of Neptune) alone. The largest of Uranus's satellites, Titania...
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    learning more about Neptune's largest moon Triton, but also aim to gain more information about the atmosphere of Neptune. An analysis of a nuclear-electric...
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    ices, there is nowhere near the same level of nitrogen as on Pluto and Triton, where it composes more than 98 percent of the crust. The relative lack...
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    Neptunian moon Triton. On Pluto it was directly observed for the first time in July 2015 by the New Horizons space probe and on Triton it was directly...
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