Neptune is the second largest planet by diameter.
True or False?
How long does it take for Neptune to orbit the Sun?
How many hours are there in a day on Neptune?
What year was Neptune discovered in?
What method did Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier use to discover
Neptune?
What produces the blue murky colour in Neptune?
List two of the materials/gases in which composes the outer third
of Neptune.
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Neptune
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The furthest Planet
from the Sun
Results of an
Investigation
Interesting Facts
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Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun in the Solar system, in
other words the furthest. By diameter, it is the forth largest planet,
and the third largest by mass. The equatorial diameter of Neptune
is 49,532 kilometers. Furthermore, Neptune has a mass of 1.0247e26
kg. Incredibly, every 165 years Neptune orbits the Sun. Comparing
to a day on Earth, Neptune has a shorter day. It only has 16 hours
and 6.7 minutes.
Neptune was discovered on September
23, 1846. It was the first planet discovered through mathematical predictions.
As you can see, this planet has a cloudy
baby blue colour. Methane in Neptune p
produces the blue murky colour. Neptune is a mixture of many different gases and materials. Molten rock, water, liquid ammonia and
methane composed the first two thirds of Neptune. The outer third
of it is a mixture of heated gases comprised of hydrogen, helium,
water and methane.
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Distance from the Sun (millions of km)
This scatter graph shows the correlation between the average temperature and their distance from the Sun. My hypothesis was that
the closer the planet is to the Sun, the hotter the temperature. As
you can see, my hypothesis was right. Also, there’s a anomoly in this
graph, as Mercury has a lower eventhough it is closer to the Sun
than Venus. The reason for this is that Mercury is so close to the Sun
that it ‘melts’ the atmosphere around Mercury, there fore it cannot
trap as much heat as Venus. Whereas Venus has more gas around it
thus it can trap more heat.
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