 |
 |
| ||||
|
Neptune
The distance from the sun to the blue planet is 4,500,000,000 km (2,800,000,000 miles) It is the second from last planet in our solar system. The nearest distance that Neptune is to the earth is 4,350,000,000 km (2,700,000,000 miles). The average temperature of the clouds on Neptune is –210oc (-350 oF) The diameter is 48.600 km (30,200 miles). Its atmosphere is made up from H, He and Me. It has 2 moons and 6 moonlets! (which is a very small moon) One day 24 hrs, lasts for 16 hours 3 minutes and one year lasts 164 earth years. It spins on an axis of 20o. Storms blow around at a very high speed of 1,125 km/h (200mph). The frozen methane forms white, wispy clouds. It has not completed an orbit since 1846 and it takes 165 years to orbit the sun. It spins at a very slow speed of 5km (3 miles) per second! It should complete its first recorded orbit in AD 2011.
|
|
