Neptune
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Neptune was named for the Roman god of the sea, and its province is the oceanic depth of the imagination, dreams and spiritual visions.
Neptune is slightly smaller than Uranus, and spins once every 19.2 hours. Neptune is about 2,799 millions miles from the Sun. It takes about 165 Earth years to complete a single orbit.
You cannot see Neptune with the naked eye, and even through a telescope it only looks like a small, bluish circle.
Methane gas in the atmosphere gives Neptune its blue appearance. Neptune's atmosphere also contains ammonia and helium.
Voyager 2 observed long, wispy clouds swirling around Neptune, blown by winds of up to 1,243 miles per hour. It also saw dark spots. The largest, was named the Great Dark Spot.
Neptune has 12 moons. The largest of them are Triton and Nereid. Most moons orbit their planet in the same direction as the planet spins. Triton, however, travels in the opposite direction.
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