Although it is a dim sight from Earth, deep-blue Neptune with
its bright cloud bands is one of the most varied and interesting in the solar
System.
Yet another of the giant planets, Neptune is about the same size
as Uranus. Most of what we know about this planet comes from the 1989 flyby of
Voyager 2. Neptune shows a lot of activity on the surface which results from an
internal energy. Like Uranus, it gets it color from traces of methane in its
atmosphere which is made up mainly of hydrogen and helium. Thus giving the
planet the blue color. The most obvious feature on Neptune is
the Great Dark Spot (GDS) which is a circulating storm about the size of Earth.
Neptune has 8 moons that we know of. They are named Triton, Nereid, Naiad,
Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, and Proteus.
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Yet another of the giant planets, Neptune is about the same size
as Uranus. Most of what we know about this planet comes from the 1989 flyby of
Voyager 2. Neptune shows a lot of activity on the surface which results from an
internal energy. Like Uranus, it gets it color from traces of methane in its
atmosphere which is made up mainly of hydrogen and helium. Thus giving the
planet the blue color. The most obvious feature on Neptune is
the Great Dark Spot (GDS) which is a circulating storm about the size of Earth.
Neptune has 8 moons that we know of. They are named Triton, Nereid, Naiad,
Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, and Proteus. 
